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: Status of MAC/W32/X consolidation and some questions. Date: 11 Mar 2003 12:09:38 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xsmtuqhvx.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <5xadg38lnj.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <5xfzpuemya.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047377636 6835 80.91.224.249 (11 Mar 2003 10:13:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 11 11:13:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18sglf-0001lz-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:13:55 +0100 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18sh8H-0006Al-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:37:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18sgjv-0006jm-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:12:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18sgjK-0006UJ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:11:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18sgjI-0006Te-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:11:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18sgiy-0005tX-00; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:11:08 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id C18177C012; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:10:41 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Jason Rumney In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12267 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12267 Jason Rumney writes: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > > > Ok, thanks. So output_method is output_termcap for -nw on windows. > > Then some of the emacs code really make no sense to me. > > I think the code that doesn't seem to make sense is there for > historical reasons and could be cleaned up. IIRC, it used to be > necessary to choose GUI or console based output on W32 at compile > time, but Andrew Innes or Geoff Voelker fixed it so a single > executable could support both (and the -nw option) around 19.27 or so. > I guess some of the old code is still hanging around. > Ok, I'll bear that in mind and try to clean some of it up along the way. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk