From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Removing MULTI_KBOARD Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:12 -0400 Message-ID: <87r697qzn3.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <200807310343.m6V3h1Zo006813@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200807311921.m6VJLxu1016770@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808011209.m71C9Tj3018356@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808020655.m726tvsI017108@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808020927.m729Rnov027876@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <489432B0.2000305@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217686066 15248 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2008 14:07:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:07:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii , Dan Nicolaescu , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jason Rumney Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 02 16:08:34 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KPHmR-0002Hq-Ta for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:08:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47152 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPHlV-0004Ik-UI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KPHlR-0004GY-OC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KPHlP-0004Bx-UA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49135 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPHlP-0004BW-OI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:19 -0400 Original-Received: from c-24-63-201-57.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([24.63.201.57]:10943 helo=furry) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KPHlJ-0002hi-NW; Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:07:13 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DAA3DC058; Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:07:12 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <489432B0.2000305@gnu.org> (Jason Rumney's message of "Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:10:56 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.70 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101954 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >>> You have handwaved that. Can you please actually explain why you think that? >>> I have explained it is not a problem. >> >> How it is not a problem, if the MSDOS port does not support >> MULTI_KBOARD? I must have missed the explanation, please repeat it. > > If anyone is going to get the MSDOS port working again, then the effort > in getting it working with MULTI_KBOARD is going to be similar to or > less than the work required to get the rest of post-multi-tty Emacs > working without MULTI_KBOARD. The reason W32 and Mac now use > MULTI_KBOARD is that the multi-tty changes basically forced it. The > changes were minor compared with what else needs doing to revive the > MSDOS port after the unicode and multi-tty merges. That's my impression as well. It would have been nice for Dan to mention he was removing MULTI_KBOARD, but I can understand the reasoning for what he did (maybe he was rushing for time due to the feature freeze deadline too). So let's keep his changes.