Re: Interactive mode tagging for locate.el, timer-list.el, and chistory.el

Ahmed Mohamed <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi Philip,
>
> I see. In the TODO it says to email first to see if other people are
> already working on it,

I guess that really depends on the scale of the change.  If you were to
propose a patch to replace the garbage collector, some coordination
would be nice.

> but these are small changes. Attached is the first patch.
>
> Ahmed Mohamed
> [email protected] | ahmh.dev <https://ahmh.dev>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 10:58 AM, Philip Kaludercic
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Ahmed Mohamed<[email protected]> writes:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I’d like to work on the “Do interactive mode tagging for commands”
>>> item in etc/TODO.
>>>
>>> I found the following apparently mode-specific commands that remain
>>> untagged:
>>> - locate-mouse-view-file and locate-do-redisplay — locate-mode
>>> - timer-list-cancel — timer-list-mode
>>> - command-history-repeat — command-history-mode
>>>
>>> I plan to handle each library as a separate small patch. Is anyone
>>> already working on these,
>> You can never really know these things, so in practice you can assume
>> that this is not the case.  (If someone is, the synchronization point
>> will be when one of two patches has to be merged, at which point you can
>> collaborate).
>>
>>>                            or are there any objections to these
>>> particular mode tags?
>> I am not familiar with this TODO item, but I don't think there would be
>> any objections if they are listed in etc/TODO.  In general you don't
>> have to ask for permission to work on something, it is best to be
>> constructive and come with a concrete patch that we can discuss.  Of
>> course if you have questions or problems, you can ask questions here!
>>
>> Other than that, happy hacking :)
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ahmed Mohamed
>>> [email protected] | ahmh.dev<https://ahmh.dev>