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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
Cc: excalamus@tutanota.com, van.ly+2020@sdf.org,
	Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks?
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:42:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmu5l388g.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a71mm86d.fsf@red-bean.com> (Karl Fogel's message of "Mon, 01 Jun 2020 22:57:14 -0500")

> Having separate Emacs processes that communicate with each other is best, I think.  

It's the only option, as far as I'm concerned.  Sharing an Emacs process
with some other user simply doesn't work at all (as anyone who has tried
it will know, I think).

> As Yuri Khan pointed out, experienced users have customized their Emacsen in
> distinctive ways, such that having to edit inside someone else's Emacs setup
> would be annoying.

Back when I tried it, those issues didn't even have time to show up.
Instead we quickly bumped into issues with the "single keyboard mode",
and other similar "modal" problems.  Or the unexpected sharing of the
kill-ring, ...
It's just hopeless.

> Furthermore, there are privacy concerns with sharing an Emacs process.

Indeed, the first thing I did when someone tried `make-frame-on-display`
to display their Emacs session on my display (back when we tried out
this new feature), was `M-x shell`.


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-02 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 144+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-27 15:58 What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Van Ly
2020-05-28  3:13 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-30  7:17   ` Van Ly
2020-05-31  7:10     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-31 10:01       ` Van Ly
2020-05-31 12:49         ` excalamus--- via Emacs development discussions.
2020-06-01  3:54           ` Richard Stallman
2020-06-01  5:21             ` Yuri Khan
2020-06-02  2:55               ` Richard Stallman
2020-06-02  3:57             ` Karl Fogel
2020-06-02  5:15               ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-06-02 13:42               ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2020-06-01  9:11           ` Bastien
2020-06-01 15:03             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-01 23:32               ` Bastien
2020-06-01 23:50                 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2020-06-06  9:42                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06  9:58                     ` tomas
2020-06-06 10:11                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06 10:29                         ` tomas
2020-06-06 14:19                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-06 14:58                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-06-06 20:18                         ` tomas
2020-06-06 22:20                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-06-06  9:59                     ` Thibaut Verron
2020-06-06 10:12                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-06-06 10:18                       ` tomas
2020-06-07  3:36                         ` collaborative editing Richard Stallman
2020-06-07  9:28                           ` tomas
2020-06-06 12:05                     ` What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Jean-Christophe Helary
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-03-04 11:46 Evgeny Zajcev
2020-05-12  7:22 ndame
2020-05-12  7:11 Zhu Zihao
2020-05-11 20:09 ndame
2020-05-12  6:57 ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-12  7:13   ` ndame
2020-05-12 12:54     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-12 13:07       ` ndame
2020-05-12 14:56         ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-13  0:39   ` HaiJun Zhang
2020-05-13  1:34     ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-05-13  1:50       ` Eduardo Ochs
2020-05-12 10:00 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-12 11:10   ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-13  3:55     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-13 10:32       ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-14  5:11         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 10:34           ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-15  3:25             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  8:15               ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-16  4:18                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16 22:07                   ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2020-05-18  3:45                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-17  8:28                   ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-12 11:57   ` Eric S Fraga
2020-05-12 15:34     ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-12 16:33       ` Eric S Fraga
2020-05-12 15:04   ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-12 16:00   ` Drew Adams
2020-05-12 12:30 ` Helmut Eller
2020-05-13  1:22   ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
     [not found]     ` <5AYrQ3kvagEiLsXcUuMZvkDj1gBHT4YnJyVCX6RsvMkayS1ZbGWk18lJOyo_m8XanhsUygUtEqZw8OOOQOlwkg==@protonmail.internalid>
2020-05-13  2:45     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-13  3:58       ` jao
2020-05-13 23:12   ` João Távora
2020-05-14  0:04     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-14 10:08       ` Helmut Eller
2020-05-14 10:17         ` tomas
2020-05-14 10:34           ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-14 10:40             ` tomas
2020-05-15  3:25               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  3:39                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-15  3:25               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  3:51                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-16  4:18                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16  9:29                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-17  2:55                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  3:17       ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  6:56         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16  4:18           ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16  7:13             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-16 12:56               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-17  2:56               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-17  7:22                 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-18  3:42                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-18 14:29                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-18 15:20             ` Filipp Gunbin
2020-05-18 15:26               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15  9:10         ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 10:21           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 11:07             ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 11:28               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 11:49                 ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 11:58                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 12:14                     ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-15 12:56                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-15 15:22                       ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-15 15:28                         ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-16  4:18               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16  4:17           ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-16  6:50             ` Andreas Schwab
2020-05-16  8:24               ` Yuri Khan
2020-05-17  2:56               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-14 11:57   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-12 12:44 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-13 16:36   ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-14  3:01     ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-14  4:08       ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-14 10:01         ` Robert Pluim
2020-05-14 16:35         ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-17  1:31           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18  3:43             ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-15  3:16         ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-28  4:00           ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-28 13:18             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-28 17:19               ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-28 18:05                 ` Drew Adams
2020-05-28 18:45                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-28 20:52                   ` Alan Third
2020-05-28 21:02                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-28 21:10                       ` Alan Third
2020-05-28 21:27                         ` andres.ramirez
2020-05-28 21:54                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-05-29 13:24                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-28 21:14                       ` Joost Kremers
2020-05-29 13:24                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-29  1:24                       ` Karl Fogel
2020-05-29  3:36                         ` Drew Adams
2020-05-29  3:06                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-29  3:41                       ` Drew Adams
2020-05-29 13:19                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-30  5:23                         ` Thibaut Verron
2020-05-29 13:11                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-13 17:48 ` ndame
2020-05-14  1:15   ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-14  4:10     ` ndame
2020-05-14  4:28       ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-15 10:38       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-17  5:37         ` ndame
2020-05-17 12:42           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-17 13:18             ` Arthur Miller
2020-05-19  3:47               ` Richard Stallman
2020-05-17 22:03             ` chad
2020-05-13 21:05 ` Vasilij Schneidermann
2020-05-14 14:35 ` Björn Lindqvist

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