From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: w32 issues Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:20:54 -0800 Message-ID: <200801201820.m0KIKxtW012230@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200801192020.m0JKKUWl017748@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200801201710.m0KHAoKn021472@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <479388A9.9010600@gmail.com> <200801201755.m0KHtuDH003880@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47938D58.4010809@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1200853470 4591 80.91.229.12 (20 Jan 2008 18:24:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:24:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 20 19:24:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JGeqR-0007uy-HY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:24:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGeq1-00038h-Ta for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:24:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGepy-00037X-2s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:24:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JGepw-00035V-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JGepw-000355-9K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:24:04 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JGepw-0005QJ-1L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:24:04 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1201458065.34974@CDrzTKAsUmczxa/jU2+qcA Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m0KIKxtW012230; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:20:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <47938D58.4010809@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:05:12 +0100") Original-Lines: 33 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:87114 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > Dan Nicolaescu wrote: > > None of these seem be in the "Simple Tasks" category, and some have been > > discussed on the list. > > > > > - Printing is broken on w32 and some weeks ago I discovered that Emacs > > > can hang completely if a user tries to print. Unsaved data can be > > > lost, of course! > > > > > > - rgrep is broken on w32. (I will send a patch for this in a while though.) > > > > - The handling of lwindow/rwindow and alt keys are > > broken. (I have > > > sent patches several times for this, but nothing really happens.) > > > > - Menu handling is broken IMO. You can not add accelerators > > to > > > menus. This is due to handling of & chars at the wrong moment in the C > > > sources. > > > > > I am surprised that not the first one of these bugs are > > in FOR-RELEASE > > > and I believe it is a very good illustration of the need for a bug > > > database. > > > > There's a section in FOR-RELEASE specifically for Windows bugs, why not > > ask the Windows port maintainers to add these there? > > I suppose I am one of them, though I never tough the CVS myself. Maybe > I should? admin/MAINTAINERS says Jason is, and Eli is probably a de facto maintainer. Why not ask them. (and providing links to the mailing list where these issues were previously discussed is always helpful)