Re: NeXTstep (GNUstep/Cocoa) port and merging

[Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> One area it would be nice to have some feedback on is the added file
>> "nsmenu_common.c".  This  file of about 1000 lines contains code that  is
>> more or less duplicated (modulo some divergence) across  {x,w32,mac}menu.c,
>> and is concerned mainly with mediating between lisp  and C representations
>> of menus.  I followed xmenu.c when creating the  common file.  It would be
>> good to change this to "menu_common.c" and  have the other GUIs use it.
>
> Yes, it would indeed be good.  I've already several times intended to
> make a similar change but never got around to really do it.  If someone
> could take this part of the Emacs.app patch and make it independent from
> Emacs.app, that would be great.

I've been working on this, and it's nearly ready.  I'll check in a
platform-independent menu.c sometime this week.  It will probably need a
bit of help from those with access to w32 and mac to get it working
properly on those platforms.

I'll ping the list when it's checked in.