GNU bug report logs - #69525
30.0.50; MacOS: New warnings on stderr

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From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 69525 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, alan <at> idiocy.org
Subject: Re: bug#69525: 30.0.50; MacOS: New warnings on stderr
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:00:35 +0200

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: 69525 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
>> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 05:56:30 +0200
>> 
>> Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org> writes:
>> 
>> > I would agree that Apple's documentation is abysmal. AFAICT most new
>> > features are exclusively documented in WWDC talks, so if you're not
>> > immersed in the Apple eco-system it can be very hard to keep track of
>> > what's changed. I assume that's some sort of marketing ploy.
>> 
>> Yeah, could be. Although I wonder what advantage they expect from making
>> such stuff effectively a secret :-/.
>
> Companies that develop proprietary software for macOS can probably
> fund courses for their employees, or buy auxiliary documentation that
> is not available for free, or ask Apple questions and get answers,
> something that could be available only for those who have contracts
> with Apple.

Yeah, maybe :-/.

Meanwhile, I think I pulled this off anyway by studying and mimicking
what others did. At least it works for me on macOS 14.5 just like the
old code did, at least for entering accented characters, which is the
only thing I know how to use.

I'll push that to master, if nobody objects.

[0001-NS-Let-EmacsView-implement-NSTextInputClient.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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