From nobody Wed Jun 05 04:42:46 2024 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VvFFZ2d97z5LW3m for ; Wed, 05 Jun 2024 04:42:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from mail.lariat.net (mail.lariat.net [66.62.230.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VvFFY6SBGz4vxD for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2024 04:42:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from Toshi.lariat.net (localhost.lariat.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA26463; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 22:42:46 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <202406050442.WAA26463@mail.lariat.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:42:46 -0600 To: "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Request to revive a port? Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <202406050359.VAA26271@mail.lariat.net> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:19092, ipnet:66.62.228.0/22, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4VvFFY6SBGz4vxD The name of the port is "jove" - short for "JOn's Version of EMACS." One of the simplest and yet most capable editors that uses the EMACS keystrokes. --Brett Glass At 10:34 PM 6/4/2024, you wrote: > > On Jun 4, 2024, at 23:59, Brett Glass wrote: > > > > For many years, I've been installing a simple EMACS-like > editor, rather than the bloated (and GPLed) GNU EMACS, on FreeBSD > systems I create. It's extremely handy for those of us who, for > decades, have been used to the EMACS keystrokes and commands. But > between FreeBSD 14.0 and 14.1, it seems to have dropped out of > the port and package collections. It's very simple and stable > code, so while it generates a few compiler warnings under the > latest CLANG (which could be easily fixed; they mainly have to do > with function prototypes) it still does compile and run > perfectly. How can I request that it be reinstated? > >Is it me or did you fully neglect to mention the name of the port >here? Could you share that? > >-Dan