From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.tangents Subject: Re: The xwidget branch origin story Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:23:09 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448047418 6413 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2015 19:23:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:23:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-tangents@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 20 20:23:26 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzrHI-00043U-Mw for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:23:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49491 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzrHD-0004Zm-5o for get-emacs-tangents@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46792) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzrHB-0004X9-Cd for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:23:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzrH8-0005iT-9E for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:23:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22d]:34436) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZzrH8-0005iK-3c for emacs-tangents@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:23:14 -0500 Original-Received: by padhx2 with SMTP id hx2so124963408pad.1 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:23:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=jREeLOb7TX3E4Cs624N79JvqlpKMNzgbU7t8rpqugVo=; b=mgVK0NdRmZ2Ljn4fI8/TVgBvUj/Fl65p99FabqGuBueYH19OVi/6wFB+Fbh7so75Jr NF6/PhxpFhHPUKPvBYjFAyk/1Hic9b9BEKiAbhdyRQFP3jETYL6fCL3lEAvwq6Ba4uNC 1NuKfsf/WuO/JJ4pzchyJpgjotgXhrdXdgIxMXzYQ/iv/L+6TA/euENccT6ZHYHSmn9C 9R6w+i0w85hn6sfMYbG3/ID62ChzjeSNnwDOH9YxiehncYUt7RzTp1qMUSVKO2CHiaQS zLMaNqiNoK2dFHNFk05QvU8I+MG7GBwFpxf9Xao3sGIBCeJZhVl2+M1xpsCOaU3dRywh R2iQ== X-Received: by 10.66.101.2 with SMTP id fc2mr21477074pab.139.1448047393574; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:23:13 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id in6sm690894pbd.86.2015.11.20.11.23.11 (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:23:12 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 716C410A5A17F; Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:23:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Sat, 14 Nov 2015 21:13:25 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: joakim@verona.se, emacs-tangents@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22d X-BeenThere: emacs-tangents@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-tangents-bounces+get-emacs-tangents=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.tangents:17 Archived-At: >>>>> joakim writes: > Another thing that gets asked a lot is the xwidget name. I just combined 'x' > meaning any, and widget, thus xwidget. I needed a prefix in the code. In > retrospect the name wasn't very descriptive, because people believe that the > branch is only meant for X windows, which it isn't, even if I only have > tested it there. Thanks for the background history, Joakim! And yes, until I read this, I had thought it was only for X11 as well. :) John