GNU bug report logs - #10177
[Improvement] Hello! Can split console and frontend ?

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From: James Chyn <james.chyn.jc <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [Improvement] Hello! Can split console and frontend ?
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:12:52 +0800

Hello,

  I have a suggestion: can emacs released console only and frontend
(if you like, gtk3 for example) only individually?

  Reason:
      I formerly use vim, and I found that vim is only a console
program, but there is 2 frontend for it: gvim (gtk+) and vim-qt (qt).
I think this is great since the frontend is optimal. If I use vim in
KDE, I just install vim-qt and vim (console), no need to install GTK+
just for an application specifically. However, if I install emacs on
KDE, gtk+ is a must, which is not convinient. In fact, many programs
split their console program and frontend individually, such as
mplayer, vim, etc.

  Hope you would consider my suggestion.

                                                                   James Chyn

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: James Chyn <james.chyn.jc <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10177 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10177: [Improvement] Hello! Can split console and frontend ?
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:42:57 -0500

James Chyn wrote:

> However, if I install emacs on KDE, gtk+ is a must, which is not
> convinient.

Emacs does not require Gtk+.
The default Emacs package provided by your distribution might, but that
is a different matter.

For example, on Debian:

emacs23       = Emacs using Gtk+
emacs23-lucid = Emacs using Lucid toolkit
emacs23-nox   = Emacs without X support

You can install whichever of those you prefer.

I think what you are calling a "frontend" would be called a "toolkit" in
Emacs-speak.

If you build Emacs from source yourself, you can choose which toolkit
you want to use, including none at all (I guess this is your "console"
version). 

There is no QT version, but there are non-Gtk versions.

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