From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Next release Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:06:45 +0900 Message-ID: References: <18457.37369.262079.668907@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200805040056.m440u3eS022727@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <874p9dn46h.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4822B82A.6030003@gnu.org> <86zlr1qjq3.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210237689 13388 80.91.229.12 (8 May 2008 09:08:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , Jason Rumney To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 08 11:08:46 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 1Ju26W-0004Yn-DE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 11:07:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50107 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju25o-0006UI-Au for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 05:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju25i-0006Tr-25 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 05:07:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju25g-0006TX-EJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 05:07:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33132 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju25g-0006TU-3C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 05:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:60060) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ju25S-0008IO-Rm; Thu, 08 May 2008 05:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m4896JnX015342; Thu, 8 May 2008 18:06:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 8 May 2008 18:06:46 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 8 May 2008 18:06:46 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 21DDC64E; Thu, 8 May 2008 18:06:45 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <86zlr1qjq3.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 08 May 2008 10:32:36 +0200") Original-Lines: 17 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:96741 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > It would be worthwhile to start mapping Emacs usually only after .emacs > has been processed and/or the command line processed. That way you can > select fonts, geometry, toolbar or not and so on in .emacs and have > emacs start right away without resizing or flicker. I would _love_ it if Emacs did this, but IIRC, Gerd tried that, and got shot down because it was incompatible with wacky code in people's .emacs files. Maybe now's the time to revisit the issue though. -Miles -- Mayonnaise, n. One of the sauces that serve the French in place of a state religion.