From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@gmail.com>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs design and architecture (was: Shrinking the C core)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:57:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838r99mh40.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM=F=bAU9YedHg9EXS7mdxLbVQpJjLGeKvpHhUWrb=r1aKaKpA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Lynn Winebarger on Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:52:15 -0400)
> From: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:52:15 -0400
> Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> I think I was more interested in why you said it would be a
> "text-processing system" rather than an editor or even IDE
Emacs is more than an editor and an IDE. Gnus (and other MUAs we have
in Emacs) is neither, and neither is Org or ERC or any number of other
Emacs features.
> > . display engine design around the rectangular canvas model and
> I don't know what the alternative is, exactly.
Finding that out is part of the job. It's quite likely (I hope) that
the relevant technology already exists, and we don't need to invent
it.
> VS Code and other IDEs I've used have more varied decorative
> elements and containers, but text is still pretty much presented in
> rectangular containers with sides parallel to the GUI window (frame
> in Emacs terms).
You misunderstood what I meant by "rectangular canvas model", I think.
In Emacs, every screen line is represented as a "glyph row", a linear
array of glyphs, and the window's display is represented as a liner
array of glyph rows. This is why we cannot (easily) have an image
that spans more than one screen line, and why we cannot have display
elements (like images or text boxes) overlaid on top of buffer text.
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2023-08-27 15:14 Shrinking the C core Arthur Miller
2023-08-27 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-28 5:32 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-08-28 6:23 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 6:21 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 1:31 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-28 5:50 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 12:20 ` Po Lu
2023-08-28 14:39 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 15:17 ` Po Lu
2023-08-29 2:41 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 1:41 ` Po Lu
2023-08-28 2:53 ` chad
2023-08-28 3:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-28 4:53 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 5:36 ` Po Lu
2023-08-28 6:55 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 7:31 ` Po Lu
2023-08-28 8:06 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-28 14:30 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 15:09 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-08-29 2:20 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 15:14 ` Po Lu
2023-08-29 2:36 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-29 4:07 ` Po Lu
2023-08-31 1:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-08-28 14:08 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-28 15:08 ` Po Lu
2023-08-29 2:06 ` Arthur Miller
2023-08-29 4:15 ` Po Lu
2023-08-29 11:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-29 3:57 ` Arthur Miller
2023-09-01 1:18 ` Richard Stallman
2023-08-31 2:07 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-01 14:58 ` Arthur Miller
2023-09-01 16:36 ` tomas
2023-09-04 1:32 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-04 1:44 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-04 5:49 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2023-09-04 14:08 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-07 1:21 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-07 1:54 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-07 7:02 ` tomas
2023-09-07 7:36 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-09-07 7:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-07 8:19 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-07 8:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-07 9:28 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-09-09 1:00 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-09 6:25 ` Po Lu
2023-09-09 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-07 9:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-07 9:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-09 1:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-11 0:43 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-11 12:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-11 12:43 ` tomas
2023-09-13 5:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-12 4:44 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-12 12:25 ` João Távora
2023-09-12 11:31 ` Lynn Winebarger
2023-09-12 13:00 ` Emacs design and architecture (was: Shrinking the C core) Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-13 20:52 ` Lynn Winebarger
2023-09-13 21:19 ` Christopher Dimech
2023-09-14 6:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-15 0:13 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-15 4:39 ` Emacs design and architecture Werner LEMBERG
2023-09-17 0:43 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-17 13:22 ` Werner LEMBERG
2023-09-14 5:57 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-09-14 6:30 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-14 6:38 ` Po Lu
2023-09-14 6:49 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-14 15:03 ` Helmut Eller
2023-09-14 15:30 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-14 16:21 ` Helmut Eller
2023-09-17 0:46 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-17 13:02 ` Björn Bidar
2023-09-19 10:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-09-14 16:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-14 16:50 ` joakim
2023-09-14 16:30 ` Emacs design and architecture (was: Shrinking the C core) Lynn Winebarger
2023-09-14 16:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-14 21:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-15 5:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-15 6:51 ` Yuri Khan
2023-09-15 7:23 ` Emacs design and architecture Max Brieiev
2023-09-15 7:30 ` Emacs design and architecture (was: Shrinking the C core) Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-15 9:32 ` Emacs design and architecture Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-15 15:52 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-15 18:36 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-15 18:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-15 19:19 ` Gerd Möllmann
2023-09-15 22:20 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-15 23:58 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-16 6:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-17 12:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-17 14:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-17 15:36 ` Emacs design and architecture. How about copy-on-write? Alan Mackenzie
2023-09-18 10:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-18 11:38 ` Alan Mackenzie
2023-09-18 12:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-18 12:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-18 14:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-18 15:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-18 17:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-18 22:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-19 10:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 11:14 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-19 12:37 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-19 19:21 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-20 9:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 15:50 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 16:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 16:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 18:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 19:34 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-20 9:59 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 10:22 ` Po Lu
2023-09-20 10:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 11:11 ` Po Lu
2023-09-20 11:53 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 11:58 ` Po Lu
2023-09-20 12:05 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 13:35 ` Po Lu
2023-09-20 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 0:55 ` Po Lu
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2023-09-21 7:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 7:34 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 8:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 8:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-21 9:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 10:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-21 11:49 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 23:43 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-21 12:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 13:12 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 13:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 13:35 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 13:57 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 14:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 9:14 ` Po Lu
2023-09-22 15:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 16:45 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-09-25 13:31 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-19 12:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 12:57 ` Po Lu
2023-09-19 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-20 1:05 ` Po Lu
2023-09-20 12:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-20 12:09 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 12:27 ` Po Lu
2023-09-19 19:38 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-20 12:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 14:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 16:00 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 21:14 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 16:11 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 16:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 16:27 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 17:19 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-22 16:13 ` tomas
2023-09-19 11:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-19 12:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 13:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-19 14:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 15:15 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-19 15:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 16:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-19 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-19 20:21 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-20 11:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-20 11:38 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 14:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 10:41 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-21 13:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 10:05 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 11:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 12:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 13:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 13:08 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-20 12:21 ` Po Lu
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2023-09-21 4:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2023-09-21 22:21 ` Stefan Kangas
2023-09-21 23:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-21 0:41 ` Po Lu
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2023-09-21 7:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 7:48 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 8:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 9:25 ` Po Lu
2023-09-21 9:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-09-22 13:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 13:10 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 13:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2023-09-21 13:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 10:23 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-09-22 13:03 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 13:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 13:19 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-09-23 11:10 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-09-22 15:05 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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2023-09-21 13:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 1:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
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2023-09-22 10:28 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 12:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-22 13:06 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-09-22 13:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-21 10:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-20 19:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-09-21 4:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2023-09-15 21:59 ` Emanuel Berg
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