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From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, d.love@dl.ac.uk, handa@m17n.org
Subject: Re: --without-xim is ignored.
Date: 15 Jul 2003 02:07:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5xk7akabzd.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E19bURa-0003nh-6x@fencepost.gnu.org>

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>     What other "flags" do we currently have in Emacs which
> 
>     a) could be controlled via a lisp variable or function, but
>     b) can only be controlled via X resources, and
>     c) cannot be turned on again, once it has been turned off.
> 
> We should have a frame parameter to control this.  Then it will
> be like other frame parameters, or mostly so.  It won't be exactly
> like them, since the first frame on a display will control what
> happens on that display.  We will have to document that as a wrinkle.

I agree, and hope that someone will do this.

Just for the record: If useXIM had already been a user option (that
could be toggled at run-time from inside emacs), I would not have
proposed (and implemented) the new meaning of --without-xim.

I'll remove --without-xim entirely once that is done.

-- 
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk

  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-15  0:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-02  5:05 --without-xim is ignored Kenichi Handa
2003-07-03 21:54 ` Dave Love
2003-07-03 23:40   ` Kenichi Handa
2003-07-08 22:47     ` Dave Love
2003-07-05 22:25   ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-06  0:56     ` Kim F. Storm
2003-07-07  3:16       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-07-07  3:39       ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-08 22:48       ` Dave Love
2003-07-09  1:31         ` Kim F. Storm
2003-07-09 13:46           ` Stefan Monnier
2003-07-09 23:47           ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-12  0:39             ` Kim F. Storm
2003-07-13  0:10               ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-15  0:07                 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2003-07-15 22:36               ` Dave Love
2003-07-15 22:33           ` Dave Love
2003-07-16 17:28             ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-07-08 22:48     ` Dave Love

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