From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: override_redirect of X Window System Date: 26 Sep 2003 00:06:25 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <785B19D7-EF9C-11D7-B9F3-00039363E640@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064527717 31850 80.91.224.253 (25 Sep 2003 22:08:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Mike Hearn , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 26 00:08:35 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2eHr-0002TO-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:08:35 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A2ePC-00047W-00 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:16:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2eG5-0003Al-0A for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:06:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2eFp-0003Ac-Jc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:06:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A2eFo-0003AK-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:06:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [193.162.153.2] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2eFn-0003AH-Td for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:06:28 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 0BC4C480018; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:06:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Jan D." In-Reply-To: <785B19D7-EF9C-11D7-B9F3-00039363E640@swipnet.se> Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16640 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16640 "Jan D." writes: > Hacks for old stuff do exist in Emacs. WMs that don't implement EWMH > is not "ancient/buggy", the spec has only existed for a year or so. > If it > where five years it would be a different matter. That's around the time when 21.4 will be released, right? (couldn't resist :-) But FWIW, I agree with you that we should keep the C-level interface generic, and implement the higher level protocols in lisp. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk