From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: slow make-frame + face initialization / importing x resources Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <2CB90CD5-24E4-4EA9-BF74-5E9AE248BF6B@gmail.com> <0A1A673C-66FC-4E61-977A-53663AD4953B@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184550062 15569 80.91.229.12 (16 Jul 2007 01:41:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Reitter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 16 03:41:01 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IAFa7-0007so-JY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:40:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IAFa6-0005Jd-Uh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IAFa3-0005JO-5u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IAFa1-0005JC-EW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IAFa1-0005J9-8e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:53 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts10.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.54] helo=tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IAFZx-00006w-Qa; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.207.61]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070716014048.CGJM9197.tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home>; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:48 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 176917FEF; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:40:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <0A1A673C-66FC-4E61-977A-53663AD4953B@gmail.com> (David Reitter's message of "Sun\, 15 Jul 2007 10\:35\:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:74871 Archived-At: > The Carbon port reads such resources from a special .plist file, but it's > unclear to me, why. Users would have to manipulate that (XML) file > externally, and I don't understand how this would be easier or more > sensible than configuring Emacs through the customization or > .emacs interfaces. I believe the advantage is that those X resource settings are applied before the first frame is created, whereas those in .emacs are applied afterwards, leading to transient artifacts. Stefan