GNU bug report logs - #58459
Getting a fresh emacs session with no customisation

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Message #105 received at 58459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com>
Cc: psainty <at> orcon.net.nz, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, uzibalqa <at> proton.me,
 58459 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#58459: Getting a fresh emacs session with no customisation
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:14:56 +0800

Christopher Dimech <dimech <at> gmx.com> writes:

> The code to interface Emacs to X-based GUIs needs rewriting by an
> expert, and has needed it for decades.

Such a hypothetical rewrite (who wants to rewrite the 100,000-odd lines
of code that are needed to work with modern X systems?) will probably
not happen, given the amount of manpower we currently have at hand.
Even if it does, it will not affect whether or not Emacs understands X
resources.

> Until it gets that rewrite, changes in it are likely to break
> something.

This was almost certainly taken out of context.

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