GNU bug report logs - #26180
Remove motif toolkit support

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 23:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.2

Done: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 26180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26180: Remove motif toolkit support
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:45:04 +0100

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Not virulent ones. The one argument Iʼve seen advanced that might
> carry some weight is that CDE uses Motif, and forcing emacs under CDE
> to use Lucid would make it look less integrated. I have no idea how
> popular CDE is, though.

From the bug report analysis, it doesn't seem very popular.  And even
people under CDE have the option of using other toolkits, I believe.  So
I don't think that's a major argument against removing Motif support.

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