Re: A gtk/kde-xemacs... a modest toolbar/menubar proposal...

why can't gtk and xt coexist?

"William M. Perry" wrote: > <nic(a)niss.ac.uk&gt; writes: > > > Jens Lautenbacher wrote on 21-March-2000: > > > > ->now I'm really not in the position to argue on technical stuff with > > ->people like Ben or Bill or Michael, but shouldn't we at least consider > > ->to remove some of the backward compatibility stuff for xemacs? gtk > > ->can be compiled on quite a big range of unix machines (and on win32, > > ->too by the way, although I don't think that this will be an option the > > ->win32 people like to consider). > > > > Removing X/Xt support from XEmacs would result in all of us being sent > > to bed with no supper. > > I'm not talking about _removing_ it. I'm talking about having another > option. Basically if you ask for gtk support (I don't think this would be > turned on by default except in infodock), you lose certain features, like: > > - multi-display capabilities (until gtk supports it) > - Xt integration > > But you gain: > > - gnome integration (feh) > - themes (oh boy I'm all hot now) > - Ability to write real gtk applications from emacs lisp > > Basically, this is just replacing the lwlib cruft with gtk widgets and then > doing rep-gtk (http://rep-gtk.sourceforge.net) for the 'real' emacs-lisp. > > -Bill P. -- Ben In order to save my hands, I am cutting back on my mail. I also write as succinctly as possible -- please don't be offended. If you send me mail, you _will_ get a response, but please be patient, especially for XEmacs-related mail. If you need an immediate response and it is not apparent in your message, please say so. Thanks for your understanding. See also http://www.666.com/ben/typing.html.