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Re: Emacs 23 Mac port
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Daniel Colascione |
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Re: Emacs 23 Mac port |
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Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:27:28 -0400 |
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On 6/6/10 8:53 PM, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 17:28:25 -0400, David Reitter <address@hidden> said:
>
>>> uses Cocoa and it can be compiled as 64bit executable.
>
>> I see a lot of Carbon in there, unlike in the NS port.
>
> As long as a program runs as a 64-bit binary, which implies its GUI
> part is implemented with Cocoa, I don't think the (selective) use of
> Carbon is problematic. If it were, then Apple would have excluded it
> from the 64-bit version of Carbon like they did for its GUI part.
> Sometimes Carbon is useful for finer control, and sometimes it is
> necessary to provide compatibility functions for older versions of Mac
> OS X where Cocoa hadn't provided enough replacements.
Thanks for your work on the Appkit port. You're single-handedly
responsible for finally bringing me into the Emacs 23 world. I haven't
had any issues at all with the port so far.
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