Re: adding motif to guix
Hi! Not a review, but how is *tif ‘not an X toolkit’...? Why not just say it ‘uses *tif’, instead? Kind regards, T G-R Sent on the go. Excuse or enjoy my brevity.
Re: adding motif to guix
For these interested, this issue/patch adds emacs using motif to Guix https://issues.guix.gnu.org/61421 Please review... etc. On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 7:01 PM Eric Brown wrote: > My interest in this package is because > openmotif is the best of the X window managers that do not suffer from > a rather infamous and longstanding GTK bug which will bring down Emacs. >
Re: adding motif to guix
> ... > Thanks for the clarification. My interest in this package is because > openmotif is the best of the X window managers that do not suffer from > a rather infamous and longstanding GTK bug which will bring down > Emacs. Fwiw, debian has an 'emacs-lucid' package (maintained by the debian guile packages maintainer) that does not depends on Gtk (which i didn't find on https://packages.guix.gnu.org/) David [1] https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=emacs-lucid=names=all=all pgphsTkelZkQG.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: adding motif to guix
Andy Tai writes: > It should be; openmotif was just some kind of marketing term > > Although guix has some existing packages using lesstif, the now dead > early motif clone (as free software) and I don't know if emacs may be > using that... > Thanks for the clarification. My interest in this package is because openmotif is the best of the X window managers that do not suffer from a rather infamous and longstanding GTK bug which will bring down Emacs.
Re: adding motif to guix
It should be; openmotif was just some kind of marketing term Although guix has some existing packages using lesstif, the now dead early motif clone (as free software) and I don't know if emacs may be using that... On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 4:15 PM Eric Brown wrote: > > Andy Tai writes: > > > Hi, motif was a major component of Unix for many years and it would be > > good to add the (now free software) motif to GNU Guix. Can package > > reviewers take a look of the patch in this issue > > > > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59092 > > > > Thanks > > Hello Andy: > > By chance is this the same as `openmotif' that is found in the likes of > Debian, also referenced by programs such as GNU Emacs (--with-x-toolkit) > ? > > Thanks, > Eric
Re: adding motif to guix
Andy Tai writes: > Hi, motif was a major component of Unix for many years and it would be > good to add the (now free software) motif to GNU Guix. Can package > reviewers take a look of the patch in this issue > > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59092 > > Thanks Hello Andy: By chance is this the same as `openmotif' that is found in the likes of Debian, also referenced by programs such as GNU Emacs (--with-x-toolkit) ? Thanks, Eric
adding motif to guix
Hi, motif was a major component of Unix for many years and it would be good to add the (now free software) motif to GNU Guix. Can package reviewers take a look of the patch in this issue https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59092 Thanks
