Re: Another changelog rant

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 11:13:52AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote:

> Steve Greenland wrote:
> 
> > What is the value of running debian-changelog-mode on files in
> > /usr/share/doc? You're not editing them, just viewing them.
> 
> - font-lock highlights NMUs version number so they stand out.
> - font-lock highlights uploads to frozen or stable.
> - font-lock highlights urgency != low uploads.
> - font-lock highlights bug numbers.
> - bug numbers are clickable to fetch them in your web browser.
> - menubar command to fetch the bug list in your web browser.
> - menubar command to fetch the package page in your web browser.
> - more stuff to come in future versions?

Ooh, neat.  I didn't know it did this.  Is there any way to make use of its
smarts outside of Emacs?  I'd be interested in adding similar (optional)
functionality to apt-listchanges.

But from what I know of font-lock-mode, this is probably not possible.

-- 
 - mdz