From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Last steps for pretesting Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:46:02 +0200 Message-ID: <85vet3cwh1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145598408 21628 80.91.229.2 (21 Apr 2006 05:46:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Reiner Steib , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 21 07:46:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWoTW-0004tB-Ow for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:46:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWoTW-0003oH-AT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:46:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWoTJ-0003o7-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWoTJ-0003nn-9p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWoTJ-0003nb-01 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FWoUm-0000yV-UV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:47:57 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1FWoT8-0001iY-LG; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:46:14 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 0272E1C4CCEF; Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:46:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:10:14 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:53171 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > xresources.texi is missing here. > > I think we will move most or all of that out of the Emacs manual. > It is not necessary for editing with Emacs. I strongly disagree. The X resources (and equivalents) are the only way to specify startup fonts and geometry in a way that makes them work on Emacs startup such that the window manager has a chance to accommodate them. X resources and startup options are so important that they are one of the few things mentioned in man pages of programs even when separate and more elaborate info pages exist. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum