names
A Namespace implementation for Emacs-Lisp (by Malabarba)
emacs-cl
Common Lisp implemented in Emacs Lisp. (by larsbrinkhoff)
| names | emacs-cl | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | |
| 244 | 164 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 1 year ago | over 6 years ago | |
| Emacs Lisp | Emacs Lisp | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
names
Posts with mentions or reviews of names.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-17.
- Packages that attempt to introduce namespaces in Emacs
- names: A Namespace implementation for Emacs-Lisp
- How do guys 'namespace' calls to functions in the same 'namespace'?
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Will emacs-ng ever become mainstream?
I understand what you mean, and in my opinion, global namespace is not a problem for a language meant to extend an application. Obserer that purpose of elisp is (ok. was) to extend Emacs. Global namespace is actually feature here. However, Emacs has indeed evolved into an application framework, or at least, people are tring to use it so. In some cases then namespaces are good. While Emacs does not have a built-in namespace (yet?), you can use some of the namespace packages. I have personaly once needed a namespace for a project of mine, and have been looking into names, which I think is quite good. You can also use buffer local variables and hash tables/obarrays to accomplish lots of stuff you would use a namespace for. I ended up using an obarray (you can search mail archives and read some of tips I got).
emacs-cl
Posts with mentions or reviews of emacs-cl.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-12.
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A Novel Common Lisp Emacs Configuration
I also tried emacs-cl, but the project did not see any activity since 2016 and my Emacs failed to load some part of it.
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Will emacs-ng ever become mainstream?
Yes, indeed. You could use bf.el as proof of concept. The most advanced one I'm aware of is emacs-cl, but it's broken on Emacs 26 and newer.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing names and emacs-cl you can also consider the following projects:
CodeMirror - In-browser code editor (version 5, legacy)
emacs-ng - A new approach to Emacs - Including TypeScript, Threading, Async I/O, and WebRender.
Nameless - Less is more. Hide package namespace in your emacs-lisp code
emacs-config - My personal Emacs configuration