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From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, handa@m17n.org
Subject: Re: --without-xim is ignored.
Date: 09 Jul 2003 03:31:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5xwuesa3ka.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rzq4r1wski4.fsf@albion.dl.ac.uk>

Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk> writes:

> storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:
> 
> > We explicitly mention it as one of the options to use to improve
> > response-time when using emacs over slow WAN links,
> 
> Where?  I thought I removed that.

Sorry, I didn't notice that.

In any case, IMHO, fiddling with X resources isn't for the average user.

A compile time option is much easier to describe and understand IMO...

So I would recommend to still mention --without-xim as an alternative
to useXIM in PROBLEMS.

> 
> > What about making --without-xim control the default run-time setting
> > of XIM, i.e. default is on, but --without-xim turns it off?
> 
> I tend to think that would cause extra confusion.

Maybe.  But I just installed changes to do just that (following RMS'
approval).

-- 
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk

  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-09  1:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-02  5:05 --without-xim is ignored Kenichi Handa
2003-07-03 21:54 ` Dave Love
2003-07-03 23:40   ` Kenichi Handa
2003-07-08 22:47     ` Dave Love
2003-07-05 22:25   ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-06  0:56     ` Kim F. Storm
2003-07-07  3:16       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2003-07-07  3:39       ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-08 22:48       ` Dave Love
2003-07-09  1:31         ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2003-07-09 13:46           ` Stefan Monnier
2003-07-09 23:47           ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-12  0:39             ` Kim F. Storm
2003-07-13  0:10               ` Richard Stallman
2003-07-15  0:07                 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-07-15 22:36               ` Dave Love
2003-07-15 22:33           ` Dave Love
2003-07-16 17:28             ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-07-08 22:48     ` Dave Love

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