Re: system-type

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> > The text sounds as if this is exhaustive list, but then what is the
>> > value defined by the NextSTEP port?
>> Depends: if it's running under Mac OS X, it'll be `darwin', if it's
>> running under GNU/Linux it'll be `gnu/linux', ...
> `darwin' is not in that list.  Should it be added?

Yes.  It's in the docstring.

> Also, what with all the other Unixoid systems (which I presume we
> still support), like *BSD, Solaris, etc.?

As the docstring explains: "Anything else indicates some sort of
Unix system."

>> > If `system-type' is not the way
>> > to distinguish the NextSTEP port from other platforms, then what is?
>> window-system?
> That would fail under -nw, I think.  I used `(featurep 'ns)', which
> works, according to David Reitter.

Under -nw you shouldn't have to (need to) worry about nextstep.
At least, it seems no different than it was with Carbon before (or with
X11, ...).


        Stefan