From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>,
xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
<emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Platform independent graphical display for Emacs
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 05:24:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB54881C1980A4189DEB5444FDF37F9@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=9uRsyPydz11etgwewFyDSL8OCwWbf4FD=0+ns9GZ6DQ@mail.gmail.com>
> >> FWIW, I think it would be highly preferable if Emacs
> >> could look and behave the same across all platforms.
> >
> > OK, why do you think that would be highly preferable?
>
> I don't think that what we do necessarily translates very well to the
> widgets provided by common toolkits. For example, the mode line is not
> rendered by a toolkit. OTOH, I can see plenty of benefits with doing
> things ourselves.
I see that you changed the topic (and the Subject line).
OK.
What you had said was that it's preferable for Emacs to
have the same look & feel across all platforms. That's
what I responded to, with questions about that.
Now you're talking about the question of Emacs itself
implementing things, instead of relying on toolkits
etc. That's not the same proposal/question.
Assuming Emacs dev provided everything, without relying
on toolkits etc. provided by/for particular platforms
etc., why would it be highly preferable for Emacs to
provide only one look and behavior across all platforms?
I ask about "only one", because, as I said, _allowing_
for the same everywhere is one thing. _Not allowing_
for any differences is a different thing.
If the aim is to limit Emacs behavior to be only what
can be made available to all platforms (lowest common
denominator), then I think that would be unfortunate
(too limiting, for no particular gain).
IIUC, one explicit aim is to have GNU/Linux be the
most feature-full, out of the box. Emacs doesn't
pursue development that's only for MS Windows, for
example. But nothing currently limits Emacs to
providing only behavior that works on all platforms.
___
As for what you're talking about now: I don't have
a problem with that. If Emacs develops improved
tooltips, dialog boxes, menus, or whatever, so much
the better. I'm assuming that there's no policy
road-block in the way of that, and that all that's
perhaps lacking is enough volunteer energy.
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2021-12-22 19:19 Motif support xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-22 19:35 ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-22 19:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-22 20:24 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-23 6:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-23 7:58 ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-23 8:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-23 11:46 ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-23 11:52 ` Po Lu
2021-12-23 12:43 ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-23 12:52 ` Po Lu
2021-12-23 17:35 ` Arthur Miller
2021-12-24 0:38 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 1:17 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 1:24 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 1:37 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 7:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 8:06 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 8:24 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-24 8:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 2:20 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-24 2:43 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 2:59 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-12-24 3:17 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 3:26 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 3:36 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 7:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 4:30 ` Platform independent graphical display for Emacs Stefan Kangas
2021-12-24 4:44 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 6:28 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-24 6:43 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 5:24 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2021-12-24 7:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 8:10 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 8:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 8:48 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 0:30 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 7:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 11:23 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 11:57 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 12:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 12:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 12:06 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 13:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 13:36 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 12:20 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 12:29 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 12:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 12:54 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 13:03 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 13:07 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 13:09 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 13:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 14:08 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 13:39 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 13:44 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 12:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 13:00 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 13:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 13:11 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 13:17 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 13:26 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 13:27 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 11:51 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 13:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 13:31 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 14:14 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-25 14:30 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-26 1:12 ` Po Lu
2021-12-26 1:51 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-26 1:56 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 9:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-24 10:02 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 10:16 ` Stephen Berman
2021-12-24 10:54 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 11:07 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 11:29 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 11:31 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 11:39 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 12:08 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 12:22 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 12:27 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 12:57 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 13:09 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 14:27 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 16:05 ` martin rudalics
2021-12-25 0:22 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 9:18 ` martin rudalics
2021-12-25 9:42 ` Po Lu
2021-12-26 8:25 ` martin rudalics
2021-12-26 10:16 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 11:45 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-24 12:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 13:19 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-24 13:26 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 14:00 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 0:20 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 0:47 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 0:57 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 3:24 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
2021-12-25 5:03 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 5:12 ` Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz
2021-12-25 5:23 ` Po Lu
2021-12-25 6:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 9:18 ` martin rudalics
2021-12-25 5:41 ` LdBeth
2021-12-25 5:51 ` Po Lu
2021-12-24 13:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 14:19 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-24 11:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 12:45 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-24 7:17 ` Motif support Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 0:46 ` Po Lu
2021-12-23 15:05 ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-23 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
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