From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: --without-xim is ignored. Date: 09 Jul 2003 03:31:33 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xwuesa3ka.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200307020505.OAA12367@etlken.m17n.org> <5xn0fsmq1f.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1057718768 3847 80.91.224.249 (9 Jul 2003 02:46:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 02:46:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, handa@m17n.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 09 04:46:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19a4y4-0000zi-00 for ; Wed, 09 Jul 2003 04:46:04 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19a58h-0002TN-00 for ; Wed, 09 Jul 2003 04:57:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19a4JQ-0007eS-4Z for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2003 22:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19a3bZ-0005V6-8b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2003 21:18:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19a3X1-0004gY-U8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jul 2003 21:14:35 -0400 Original-Received: from gnuftp.gnu.org ([199.232.41.6]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19a37n-0007fY-EJ; Tue, 08 Jul 2003 20:47:59 -0400 Original-Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([193.162.153.3]) by gnuftp.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19a1xt-0005bJ-SS; Tue, 08 Jul 2003 19:33:41 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id DB3325EE17E; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 01:33:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Dave Love In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:15506 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15506 Dave Love writes: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > > > We explicitly mention it as one of the options to use to improve > > response-time when using emacs over slow WAN links, > > Where? I thought I removed that. Sorry, I didn't notice that. In any case, IMHO, fiddling with X resources isn't for the average user. A compile time option is much easier to describe and understand IMO... So I would recommend to still mention --without-xim as an alternative to useXIM in PROBLEMS. > > > What about making --without-xim control the default run-time setting > > of XIM, i.e. default is on, but --without-xim turns it off? > > I tend to think that would cause extra confusion. Maybe. But I just installed changes to do just that (following RMS' approval). -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk