From: asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren)
To: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: XEmacs builds failing - gnus-spec.el
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zjvmrco6.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4m1u8z52ea.fsf@jpl.org>
Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
> However, the op is `=', not `eq'. (= (aref "«" 0) 171) returns t
> in XEmacs 21.4/21.5, I verified. Could you commit 171?
Yep, I have just done so. Let's see what the buildbot says.
> Ah, that is the point. I forgot there's no stable XEmacs 21.5.
> But please let me say, the fact is that some new Gnus features
> no longer work on XEmacs (even if the code is compiled with no
> error). Typical ones are the features that use url.el.
Yeah... Lars writing shr.el and the lacklustre performance of XEmacs
21.5 on X on slow(ish) connections was the straw that made me switch to
GNU Emacs.
Paradoxically, I have yet to get used to "emacsclient" not Just Working™
over ssh (-X).
> As for XEmacs 21.4, I feel it like old GNU Emacsen that Gnus dropped
> the support long ago. I used to have fun to make Gnus of the bleeding
> edge work for XEmacs, but I gave it up someday.
You hung in there longer than could be expected of anyone, and I enjoyed
the XEmacs-specific fruits of your labour for many years, so thanks for
that!
:-),
Adam
--
"Hur långt man än har kommit Adam Sjøgren
är det alltid längre kvar" asjo@koldfront.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-22 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-19 19:23 Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-19 21:45 ` Mike Kupfer
2013-05-19 21:58 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-19 22:13 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-19 23:30 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-20 7:39 ` David Engster
2013-05-20 16:01 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-20 16:36 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-20 23:55 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2013-05-21 21:01 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-21 23:39 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2013-05-22 2:58 ` Mike Kupfer
2013-05-22 5:45 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2013-05-28 0:22 ` Mike Kupfer
2013-05-31 12:07 ` Mats Lidell
2013-05-22 20:18 ` Adam Sjøgren [this message]
2013-05-22 20:28 ` Adam Sjøgren
2013-05-22 20:36 ` David Engster
2013-05-28 0:43 ` Mike Kupfer
2013-06-01 22:04 ` XEmacs hash table representation (was XEmacs builds failing - gnus-spec.el) Mike Kupfer
2013-06-02 8:59 ` David Engster
2013-06-02 16:22 ` Mike Kupfer
2013-06-06 14:46 ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-06-06 16:06 ` Mike Kupfer
2013-05-22 3:02 ` XEmacs builds failing - gnus-spec.el Mike Kupfer
2013-05-22 20:25 ` David Engster
2013-05-28 0:25 ` Mike Kupfer
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