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(118.172.29.132.adsl.dynamic.totbb.net [118.172.29.132]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 30sm8313451wfd.21.2009.06.08.01.21.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:21:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:37:26 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:28551 Archived-At: On May 31, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I vote for getting rid of it due to the duplication, and the fact >> that >> people either don't know about it or don't like it. Also if it >> would >> require handling Leopard and Tiger (which is still a viable, >> heavily used >> OS) separately, that is a pain. > > Getting rid of code specific to proprietary platforms always sounds > good > to me, Would this be OK for 23.1 or wait for 23.2? As David says there is an alternative (also platform-specific) solution for the problem it solves for users, and I don't believe many people use it anyway.