From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 32434@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32434: configure option without-xim is non-standard
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:41:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1fq8EY-0007Dl-A4@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ed1sb1vlkf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:28:00 -0400)
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> I'd always assumed the configure option --without-xim caused Emacs to
> be built without XIM support. In fact, all it does is toggle the runtime
> default as to whether XIM is *used* or not.
> Apparently this is intentional, see thread at
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2003-07/msg00061.html
> I think it's wrong to have a build-time option for a feature that can be
> controlled at run-time (by X resources).
I agree. Can it be controlled by a Lisp variable?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-16 2:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-14 0:28 bug#32434: configure option without-xim is non-standard Glenn Morris
2018-08-14 0:38 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-08-14 1:08 ` Glenn Morris
2018-08-16 2:41 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2018-08-28 1:28 ` Glenn Morris
2018-08-28 21:26 ` Richard Stallman
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