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An easier way to track buffer changes

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Message #113 received at 70077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>,
 70077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70077: An easier way to track buffer changes
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 18:47:59 +0300

On 07/04/2024 17:40, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> Eglot is a "ELPA core" package.
>>> Will we put `track-changes' into ELPA as well?
>> The part of the patch that touches `eglot.el` is not indispensable, but
>> yes, that's indeed something I've been wondering as well, seeing how
>> it could be useful for third party packages like Lsp-mode, Crdt,
>> and more.
> BTW, by that I meant that maybe it should live in `elpa.git` (i.e. in
> GNU ELPA instead of in Emacs).  This is especially since I'm not sure we
> want to push this as "the" API.

In that case, the change to Eglot might have to be postponed (since we 
can't make a built-in package depend on code that could be absent).

I don't have an opinion on the API itself, FWIW.

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