Re: XEmacs feature missing in GNU Emacs?

[Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>]

Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

> glyn.millington@gmail.com writes:
>
>> I suspect that one  reason for sticking with Xemacs now is lots of little
>> customizations  and tweaks which don't easily transfer to Gnu Emacs - the
>> same reason why I wouldn't willingly swap my init.el for yours, because
>> it would change the way I work.
>
> I changed the subject -- maybe this thread is an opportunity to get a
> list of XEmacs features that would be nice to have in GNU Emacs.  I'm
> not thinking of architectural differences, rather of small convenient
> commands or options.

List of things I miss from XEmacs:

1. 3d effect for mode line

2. Easy customization for sounds:

 (setq sound-alist nil)
 (let ((default-directory (concat data-directory "sounds")))
   (load-sound-file "slap.au"      'slap 50) ;new
   (load-sound-file "drum-beep.au" 'drum)
   (load-sound-file "quiet-beep.au"        'quiet)
   (load-sound-file "bass-snap.au" 'bass 75) ;was 80
   (load-sound-file "whip.au"      'whip 50) ;was 70
   (load-sound-file "hammer.au"    'hammer 50) ;new
   (load-sound-file "yeep.au"      'yeep 50) ;was 100
   (load-sound-file "drip.au"      'drip 50) ;new
   (load-sound-file "ding.au"      'paren 50)) ;new
 (setq sound-alist
       (append 
        '((default :sound hammer) ;was bass
          (undefined-key :sound    drum)
          (undefined-click :sound drum)
          (command-error :sound bass)
          (no-completion :sound    drip) ;was whip
          (y-or-n-p        :sound  slap) ;was quiet
          (yes-or-no-p :sound      yeep) ;was quiet
          (isearch-failed :sound drum :volume 70) ;was quiet
          (isearch-quit :sound     yeep) ;was quiet
          (auto-save-error :sound whip :volume 75)) ;was vol 100
        sound-alist)))

For me not even close to a reason to stay with XEmacs.

-- 
Dan Espen