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Update TODO -> NeXTstep port -> Improved xwidgets support

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew De Angelis <bobodeangelis <at> gmail.com>, Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 74295 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74295: Update TODO -> NeXTstep port -> Improved xwidgets support
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:22:21 +0200

> From: Andrew De Angelis <bobodeangelis <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:13:17 -0500
> 
> I have a question and a possible patch to contribute.
> For context: the most glaring issues with xwidget support of NS have been fixed: I contributed a patch to get
> rid of memory leaks a while ago, under: "bug#60703 Patches to xwidget code".
> 
> I've just noticed that I forgot to update the TODO file, so it still mentions crashes:
> > trying to display a xwidget in the "killed" state will make Emacs crash.
> 
> I've used the xwidget feature extensively and in my experience, xwidgets do not crash Emacs anymore.
> 
> Question:
>  - Could someone clarify what we mean by displaying a xwidget in the "killed" state? I want to make sure I
> understand the problem and it's fixed

Can someone who knows about this (Po Lu?) answer Andrew's question?

> Possible patch (if the problem is indeed fixed):
> Attached. Remove the mention of crashes, and clarify which features are still missing from the NS port.

I installed that on the emacs-30 release branch, thanks.

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