From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>,
silverburgh.meryl@gmail.com, jasonr@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Compiling emacs 22 on ubuntu 7.0.4
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:52:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46722923.806@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85sl8uqnan.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
David Kastrup skrev:
> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Richard Stallman wrote:
>>
>>> Please don't do that. Emacs implements the same features with or
>>> without X toolkits. The absence of an X toolkit is not an anomaly,
>>> and should not be treated as one.
>> I can sort of follow your logic, but it would not be mine. I don't see
>> the absence of jpeg support (for example) as being any kind of anomaly
>> either. It's a "neat feature that many people like to have and might
>> get confused about when it's not available, so they should get extra
>> warning about its absence". Same for an X toolkit IMO.
>
> There have been quite enough people in the Emacs help lists who have
> complained that their Emacs only runs in text mode. It is pretty much
> the most common problem for people compiling from source, and a
> problem which they don't recognize.
>
> We could probably use some heuristics: if DISPLAY is set, and/or if
> X11 runtime libraries appear available and/or an executable named X
> (the last probably being most reliable and easy to check), then we'll
> barf unless the user explicitly says -without-X11.
I'll try to come up with something.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-15 5:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-11 4:44 Compiling emacs 22 on ubuntu 7.0.4 Meryl Silverburgh
2007-06-11 5:20 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-11 6:27 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-11 6:49 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-11 16:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-11 17:48 ` Jan Djärv
[not found] ` <701fce30706102236y19574300r15ec9e5739e826f@mail.gmail.com>
2007-06-11 6:35 ` Nick Roberts
2007-06-11 6:01 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-11 16:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-11 17:57 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 8:07 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-11 21:39 ` Jason Rumney
2007-06-13 8:06 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-13 9:18 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 9:30 ` David Kastrup
2007-06-13 10:26 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 10:40 ` David Kastrup
2007-06-13 20:45 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 22:35 ` Glenn Morris
2007-06-14 6:14 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-14 20:14 ` Glenn Morris
2007-06-14 16:20 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-14 20:18 ` Glenn Morris
2007-06-14 20:44 ` David Kastrup
2007-06-15 5:52 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2007-06-15 19:21 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-15 19:21 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-14 16:20 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-13 9:34 ` David House
2007-06-14 7:49 ` Richard Stallman
2007-06-14 8:23 ` Jan Djärv
2007-06-13 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-13 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
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