>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry James
<james(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Jerry> Can you give me a pointer to the c.e.x. question?
It was basically "why doesn't `set-foreground-color' work in 21.4?"
and the answer was "because it doesn't exist in 21.4".
Jerry> Google groups would be great since I lost my Usenet feed in
Jerry> August.
news.individual.net, gmane?
Jerry> Before you start pulling them, you'd better look around and
Jerry> see where they are being used already.
OK.
Jerry> For example, set-foreground-color is used in the ess
Jerry> package;
I'll twist Tony's arm .... :-) (joke, joke, you're right, even if
Tony or Rodney would pull it for us.)
Jerry> I agree that this stuff is questionable. I put it in
Jerry> purely as an aid to porting. I wouldn't mind at all moving
Jerry> it to fsf-compat and putting big warning signs: "THERE BE
Jerry> DRAGONS HERE".
Good. That would "fix" 21.4, too. The require from fsf-compat would
be warning enough, I think. ;-)
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