From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Not loading the Registry settings Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4AAB93D4.8070201@harpegolden.net> <87skerr30v.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252935046 2557 80.91.229.12 (14 Sep 2009 13:30:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:30:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David De La Harpe Golden , Emacs developers , Miles Bader To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 14 15:30:38 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 1MnBdd-0001xt-UA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:30:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43696 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MnBdd-0000fw-9g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:30:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnBd1-0000O0-Fm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnBcw-0000JQ-Bv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60442 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MnBcw-0000J2-5O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [206.248.154.183] (port=39938 helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MnBcs-00084G-M9; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:50 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArcFAADirUpFpZBe/2dsb2JhbACBU9oOhBgFh3Q X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,383,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="45645631" Original-Received: from 69-165-144-94.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.144.94]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 14 Sep 2009 09:28:10 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D485E8EBE; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:29:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:34:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:115301 Archived-At: > - It basically turns w32reg:x_get_string_resource() into a no-op. Interesting approach. > Would the same approach for xrdb:x_get_string_resource() work? In > particular, in the ~/.Xdefaults case mentioned by Miles? I do not know, but I'd think so, yes. > - As defined, it is an irreversible operation. Once -Q is used, > x_get_string_resource is a no-op for the duration of the Emacs > instance. I've assumed that is the intended effect. I think that's OK, but the double-parsing of -Q is not very satisfactory. I'd rather see a new variable Vinhibit_x_resources instead, which the Lisp code could set to non-nil when it parses the -Q argument. Stefan