| Re: IDLWAVE: passing on the torch [message #28321] |
Tue, 04 December 2001 15:13  |
mvukovic
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Carsten Dominik <dominik@astro.uva.nl> wrote in message news:<qzur8qcemtq.fsf@sand.science.uva.nl>...
> 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,
thank you very much for your work so far. It made IDL programming in
windows a joy. If you ever make it to Phoenix/Arizona, lunch is on
me.
Mirko
PS. And thanks for RefTeX as well!! (Beer is on me)
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