Subject: Re: [bug#40340] [PATCH] etc: indent-code.el: Use the --quick option.
From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
To: zimoun <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 23:09:11 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hello Simon,

zimoun <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Maxim,
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 at 06:42, Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> * configure.ac: Remove the warning about Emacs.  Emacs can now be installed
>> any time by the user if they want to use the script.
>
> The point of this warning was to inform (teach) the user if they does
> not know how to use 'etc/indent-code.el'; basically newcomers which do
> not use Emacs and do not read manual cover to cover.
> Well, maybe it is not useful since the manual already explains [1] and
> this message is meaningful by itself:
>
> ./etc/indent-code.el gnu/packages/maths.scm
> ./etc/indent-code.el: line 1: exec: emacs: not found
>
> [1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Formatting-Code
>
>
> Thank you for the improvement.

The warning was indeed useful before this change, as the script was not
generated in the event Emacs was not found at configuration time.  Now
that the script is always available, it can be removed.

I went ahead and merged this as commit cb21ae7671.

Thank you for taking a look :-).

Maxim