From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU Emacs: Client/Server Date: 02 Feb 2004 00:49:18 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040129111259.67CF418B@frontend3.messagingengine.com> <32D82A01-5253-11D8-82BB-00039363E640@swipnet.se> <20040129121313.766CE37D@frontend3.messagingengine.com> <20040130045855.1A6A92E@frontend3.messagingengine.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075675974 32083 80.91.224.253 (1 Feb 2004 22:52:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 22:52:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: devel@member.fsf.org, jan.h.d@swipnet.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 01 23:52:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AnQSO-00014c-00 for ; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:52:48 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AnQSN-0004oz-00 for ; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 23:52:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AnQPn-00084s-41 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 17:50:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AnQPh-00084T-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 17:50:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AnQP9-0007tR-GK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 17:49:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.235] (helo=pfepa.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AnQP9-0007t8-2w; Sun, 01 Feb 2004 17:49:27 -0500 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 ED4E547FF03; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 23:49:20 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 16 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:19629 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19629 Richard Stallman writes: > if "mail slots" are a Windows-only feature, I think they are. > I would rather we not put > anything beyond trivial code into Emacs to support them. It would > be a distraction from our mission. Our aim is to replace proprietary > software, not enhance it. It seems that we can achieve the same goals with the existing features (e.g. UDP or TCP sockets), so I don't see a need to add mail slots. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk