GNU bug report logs - #9906
24.0.90; Term / comint integration

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From: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.90; Term / comint integration
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:38:36 +0200

Term and comint share a lot of functionnalities. Comint lacks a few
features, for instance char/line-mode for direct input.

From what I understand, a good solution would be to make sure that no
functionality is missing from term.el that's in comint, and deprecate
comint.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9906 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.0.90; Term / comint integration
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:35:33 -0400

> Term and comint share a lot of functionnalities. Comint lacks a few
> features, for instance char/line-mode for direct input.
>
> From what I understand, a good solution would be to make sure that no
> functionality is missing from term.el that's in comint, and deprecate
> comint.

Term and comint have different purposes.  Term is a full-blown terminal
emulator, which has the advantages of supporting curses applications;
comint is intended to be a dumb terminal, which has its own advantages
like not worrying so much about window sizes.  There is no way term will
deprecate comint.

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