Something like that would be helpful, yes. What did you have in mind? A variant of the gnu-apl function that prompts for options?
On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 01:18 +0800, Elias Mårtenson wrote: > Should I add an extra feature to allow you to configure extra options > for a given session? > > > Regards, > Elias > > > On 29 June 2014 01:14, David B. Lamkins <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2014-06-28 at 14:13 +0200, Juergen Sauermann wrote: > I also doubt that anybody is using shared variables at all > because I > haven't received any trouble reports on them. > > > > /// Jürgen > > > > > That's true in my case. > > Earlier this week I did make a first attempt to understand how > SVs work. > > In the short term I'll need to construct a workflow that lets > me do more > than trivial experiments with SVs. I rely on Elias' > gnu-apl-mode for APL > input. To work with SVs I'll need to patch gnu-apl-mode to > provide for > additional command-line options (so I can pass --SV --id # to > GNU APL). > Or something... It seems inelegant to have to customize each > running > instance of Emacs to set up an id. > > At this point, I don't have any definite plans for SVs beyond > experimentation to help me understand the strengths and > weaknesses of > the approach. > > > > > >
