Re: NS: ns-expand-space / slider in Preferences dialog not functional

[Adrian Robert]

On Mar 9, 2009, at 2:17 AM, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu wrote:

> I don't understand what is the justification of introducing an
> NS-specific variable that overlaps with an existing
> platform-independent feature.  Aren't you still in the mood that you
> are making a private distribution?

On Mar 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, Miles Bader wrote:

> It's kind of a bad idea to introduce new features in a release, if you
> think they'll soon be obsoleted.  Why not try to get things right for
> this release, and avoid later compatibility headaches?

I don't have any personal agenda here except that I like the feature  
as a user.  The "expand-space" feature has been in the NS code for 10  
or more years.  I didn't introduce it.  For the past few years that  
I've maintained it on sourceforge, I have however enjoyed the feature  
greatly myself.  I never knew about line-spacing in core emacs or if  
I did it was not of interest to me because I'm usually interested in  
shrinking not expanding lines.  I wish it were available for the  
times I use emacs on X or W32.

But now that the situation is what it is I stand by what I say above:  
it doesn't interfere with anything in core emacs (as it is / should  
be additive with line-spacing), users benefit from it, and others can  
use it to try and see whether it's something that would be worth  
having on X and W32.  There's no benefit to removing it.