Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Dear Emacs users, It's been more than two years (April 1999) since I took over the Emacs IDL mode, now called IDLWAVE. After a hot initial phase with a full overhaul of the entire package, lots of new features added and old bugs removed, things have slowed down recently. Those of you who have sent me bug reports or feature requests will have noticed, that reply and bug-fixing action has been slow if happening at all. This is certainly an unsatisfactory situation. On the other hand, a few milestones have been reached. Some weeks ago Emacs 21 was released with IDLWAVE as an integrated package and the default mode for all ".pro" files. Most importantly, IDLWAVE made it into David Fannings marvelous collection of useful IDL tips (http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/idlemacs.html) and even has been "Tip of the Month"! Now, *that* seems hard to top. So for two quite different reasons it seems to be about time for me to resign as maintainer. IDLWAVE will continue to be maintained and developed, stay tuned for the announcement by the new maintainer soon. I will still be around, helping to fix things, but also actually using IDL instead of writing Emacs code. This whole thing has been great fun and I have certainly learned a lot. I hope IDLWAVE has been and will continue to be useful to many people here. Thank you all for your encouragement and feedback. - Carsten
Carsten Dominik <dominik@astro.uva.nl> writes: > Dear Emacs users, > > It's been more than two years (April 1999) since I took over the Emacs > IDL mode, now called IDLWAVE. After a hot initial phase with a full > overhaul of the entire package, lots of new features added and old > bugs removed, things have slowed down recently. Those of you who have > sent me bug reports or feature requests will have noticed, that reply > and bug-fixing action has been slow if happening at all. This is > certainly an unsatisfactory situation. > > On the other hand, a few milestones have been reached. Some weeks ago > Emacs 21 was released with IDLWAVE as an integrated package and the > default mode for all ".pro" files. Most importantly, IDLWAVE made it > into David Fannings marvelous collection of useful IDL tips > (http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/idlemacs.html) and even has been > "Tip of the Month"! Now, *that* seems hard to top. > > So for two quite different reasons it seems to be about time for me to > resign as maintainer. IDLWAVE will continue to be maintained and > developed, stay tuned for the announcement by the new maintainer soon. > I will still be around, helping to fix things, but also actually using > IDL instead of writing Emacs code. > > This whole thing has been great fun and I have certainly learned a > lot. I hope IDLWAVE has been and will continue to be useful to many > people here. Thank you all for your encouragement and feedback. > > - Carsten Carsten; I'd like to thank you personally for your marvelous work on IDLWAVE. I can't tell you how much I depend on this package and I sing it's praises to whomever I chat with about IDL and Emacs. You've done a bang up job and if I could only develop a tenth of your lisp skill, I'll count myself a happy man. Echoing another's comment, if ever you make it to Los Angeles, lunch and a beer are on me. William Daffer -- ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth. -- Ambrose Bierce: _The Devil's Dictionary_