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: Port of Emacs client / server programs to Windows NT Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20061028090605.GA16477@janet> <20061030072212.GA2665@janet> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162217710 18508 80.91.229.2 (30 Oct 2006 14:15:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:15:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 30 15:15:03 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 1GeXqJ-0004a0-PG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:10:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GeXqJ-0002CD-5V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GeXq7-0002C0-L2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GeXq2-0002BQ-Ic for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GeXq2-0002BN-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:06 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GeXq2-00007a-7Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:06 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([70.53.192.11]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20061030141005.TXDE27612.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:05 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 341D16C363; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:10:05 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Neil Roberts In-Reply-To: <20061030072212.GA2665@janet> (Neil Roberts's message of "Mon\, 30 Oct 2006 07\:22\:12 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (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:61387 Archived-At: >> - They're specific to a non-free OS. > So instead of making 'local sockets do nothing on Windows because they > are not supported, it would seem to make sense to make it create named > pipes because they are as close to Unix domain sockets as there is in > Windows and they seem to be used as the equivalent. The issue I was mentioning is just that as a general rule, if we can use *code* non-specific to a non-free system, it's preferable. Stefan