Re: [Q] Re: [PATCH] Prefer XEmacs as X11 application class and as default frame name

Ar an fichiú lá de mí Márta, scríobh Adrian Aichner: I’m not sure what you mean there. For example, I just did a global regexp replace ^XEmacs -> Emacs in my ~/.Xdefaults, reloaded the X resources, and started a GNU Emacs from the middle of February. The only resources I could see that it honoured--and I’ve set most of them--were those for the Lucid menubar, and the geometry settings. So people moving from GNU Emacs have to write new resources anyway, if that’s how they prefer to customise the appearance of their Emacs. The resources for the two programs are incompatible, and getting more so as time goes on. I’m proposing that this mechanism just be available for a major release or some equally short period, and should only be used by people who have been using XEmacs for years, and don’t have the time right now to move over their X resources. Newbies should be directed to the sample .Xresources file. In that context, anyone we’re advising to use it should be well able to cut and paste into their shell initialisation files, or the Win32 environment dialog box. Could you suggest one? Nothing sprang to my mind as more appropriate, and that one is at least a little memorable. -- “I, for instance, am gung-ho about open source because my family is being held hostage in Rob Malda’s basement. But who fact-checks me, or Enderle, when we say something in public? No-one!” -- Danny O’Brien