From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: silverburgh.meryl@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Compiling emacs 22 on ubuntu 7.0.4
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:18:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <466FB669.3030006@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1HyNsV-0006A4-Jf@fencepost.gnu.org>
Richard Stallman skrev:
> > If some image libraries that ought to be present for a proper build of
> > Emacs are missing, is it really good for Emacs to compile without
> > those features? Or would it be better to get error messages
> > and tell the user to install those development packages?
> >
>
> Another way to solve these problems would be to use ppm files for the
> color icons, since ppm support is built in to Emacs.
>
> The problem I am talking about is not just about icons.
> Emacs ought to support various graphics formats,
> if their libraries are installed. If they are not installed,
> why should Emacs build without complaint and then lack the
> functionality? I think it's a mistake.
I have machines where no libpng or lib(un)gif are installed. But I don't need
that functionallity in Emacs. So why should Emacs reuire those libraries?
libXpm is another matter, it is needed to see color icons.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-13 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-11 4:44 Compiling emacs 22 on ubuntu 7.0.4 Meryl Silverburgh
2007-06-11 5:20 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-11 6:27 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-11 6:49 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-11 16:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-11 17:48 ` Jan Djärv
[not found] ` <701fce30706102236y19574300r15ec9e5739e826f@mail.gmail.com>
2007-06-11 6:35 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-11 6:01 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-11 16:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-11 17:57 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 8:07 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-11 21:39 ` Jason Rumney
2007-06-13 8:06 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-13 9:18 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2007-06-13 9:30 ` David Kastrup
2007-06-13 10:26 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 10:40 ` David Kastrup
2007-06-13 20:45 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 22:35 ` Glenn Morris
2007-06-14 6:14 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-14 20:14 ` Glenn Morris
2007-06-14 16:20 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-14 20:18 ` Glenn Morris
2007-06-14 20:44 ` David Kastrup
2007-06-15 5:52 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-15 19:21 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-15 19:21 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-14 16:20 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-13 9:34 ` David House
2007-06-14 7:49 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-14 8:23 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-13 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
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