From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: isearch multiple buffers Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:16:26 -0700 Message-ID: <200710261516.l9QFGQ7C001069@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <87odfcggvl.fsf@jurta.org> <878x6a6ktw.fsf@jurta.org> <871wc15m2b.fsf@jurta.org> <87lk9ylkbb.fsf@jurta.org> <87hckk9uoa.fsf@jurta.org> <87abqcrq9p.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <471BE5D3.3050007@gmail.com> <87y7dwq7x9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87odepv21n.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ir4wjcev.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193411943 28541 80.91.229.12 (26 Oct 2007 15:19:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 26 17:19:03 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 1IlQxi-0006rc-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:19:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IlQxZ-0003xd-G0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:18:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IlQxV-0003wW-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IlQxS-0003vo-EQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:18:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IlQxS-0003vl-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:18:46 -0400 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IlQxF-0002lB-DS; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:18:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9QFGQ7C001069; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:16:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu\, 25 Oct 2007 06\:15\:59 +0200") Original-Lines: 35 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:81773 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > From: Miles Bader > > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:55:20 +0900 > > > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> Er, I was arguing for _dropping_ support for msdos, even if continuing > > >> it proves possible. > > > > > > But no one is supporting it except myself, for years. This support > > > costs the rest of maintainers exactly zero effort. So why should > > > someone except myself be bothered about it? > > > > Because the 8.3 name restriction has a negative effect for _all_ > > developers. > > What negative effects? can you show them in the archives? AFAIR, this > is about the first such issue in years. Here are quite a few exmaples: go to http://search.gmane.org/ search for 8.3 and use "gmane.emacs.devel" for "In group". It produces a good amount of hits. Another situation where the DOS port had to be taken into account: recently I wanted to clean up the code and get rid of the MULTI_KBOARD #ifdefs. You asked me not to because the MSDOS port might need it. I am 100% convinced that it won't be needed, but preferred to drop the issue rather that try to convince you of this. Also, there are a LOT of DOS #ifdefs in the code that we could get rid of, that should simplify future maintenance. So yes, the fact that the DOS code is present has an impact on everyone that does work on emacs. As long as there are users for that code this is fine, but there's no evidence that there are such users.