From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs on OS X development Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:07:58 -0400 Message-ID: <814npbqy29.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <33545A47-0907-4059-92A6-0343CEDD2750@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1342206484 19402 80.91.229.3 (13 Jul 2012 19:08:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:08:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: John Wiegley , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jan =?utf-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 13 21:08:03 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SplDf-0002vn-3R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:08:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50749 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SplDe-0000ik-88 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52399) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SplDc-0000ie-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:08:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SplDb-0002yY-QI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:08:00 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:39942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SplDb-0002yU-N7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:07:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SplDb-0002V4-4A; Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:07:59 -0400 X-Spook: strategic STARLAN SWAT NSA MILSATCOM MIT-LL Forte diwn X-Ran: U]Yb8lxIUjOElpfBV?rosxm$pgW/h*%lKl0J9pfIcx?_(X5hS}3fkRN+.L,TtATj_j3>,Q X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <33545A47-0907-4059-92A6-0343CEDD2750@swipnet.se> ("Jan =?utf-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv=22's?= message of "Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:16:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:151600 Archived-At: Jan Dj=C3=A4rv wrote: > This might be true in some sense, but it is not practical. GNUStep > does not get much attention in Emacs, but it is more likely that a > developer that has looked at the OSX code takes a stab at it if they > are similar and use the same API:s. If we bring in the Mac port, I > think we must drop GNUStep due to lack of developer time. > > Also, while not perfect, a developer making big sweeping changes > across all platforms can at least compile for GNUStep if there is no > OSX-machine at hand. Yes. I have actually been able to make some (small) changes to the ns port, because I can compile it for GNUstep (I don't have a Mac) and see that the changes work.