From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changes 2009-07-15/16 in branch? Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:35:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20090728.132511.262626447.hanche@math.ntnu.no> <871vo0b4jx.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20090729.153110.135823225.hanche@math.ntnu.no> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248968801 7515 80.91.229.12 (30 Jul 2009 15:46:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:46:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Harald Hanche-Olsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 30 17:46:34 2009 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 1MWXpx-00042Q-PN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:46:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52781 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWXpx-00069n-5S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:46:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWXp3-0005dw-5d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:45:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWXoy-0005am-9E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:45:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57599 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWXox-0005aP-Ks for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:45:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:47147) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWXox-0004My-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:45:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MWXfV-0002yy-3v; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:35:45 -0400 In-reply-to: <20090729.153110.135823225.hanche@math.ntnu.no> (message from Harald Hanche-Olsen on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:31:10 -0500 (CDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:113403 Archived-At: Most? I don't think so. Small and simple apps generally don't, bigger and more sophisticated ones generally do. Apple's own apps are more likely to have provide services, but many non-Apple ones do, such as Emacs (duh), LaTeXit, Opera, Quicksilver, Skim, Skype. "Provide services" is somewhat cryptic. Which services does that refer to? Relatively few apps have the capability of sending user supplied Applescript commands to other apps, but I would suggest keeping that capability, since it strengthens Emacs' position as a useful tool on the Mac. (Though one could get much the same functionality by running osascript as an external command.) It seems to me that this is precisely the sort of thing we should avoid, since it is a feature limited to a proprietary system and not even most programs on that system have it.