From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Compiling emacs 22 on ubuntu 7.0.4 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:18:33 +0200 Message-ID: <466FB669.3030006@swipnet.se> References: <701fce30706102144k17151433rc78902a60e136884@mail.gmail.com> <466CE537.4030906@swipnet.se> <466DC104.4000701@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181726537 15240 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2007 09:22:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:22:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: silverburgh.meryl@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jason Rumney To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 13 11:22:13 2007 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 1HyP3N-0006dg-EF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:22:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HyP3L-0008Fo-7D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:22:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HyP0y-0007VW-O2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:19:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HyP0u-0007V6-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:19:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HyP0t-0007Uo-Te for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:19:40 -0400 Original-Received: from av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net ([81.228.9.183]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HyP0X-0005s8-W7; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:19:18 -0400 Original-Received: by av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 1DDF738033; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:19:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0511A37F4C; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:19:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from husetbladh.homeip.net (81-235-205-78-no59.tbcn.telia.com [81.235.205.78]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA5DC37E50; Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:19:06 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:72754 Archived-At: 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.