Re: aplus works only for Xemacs

[rustom]

On Aug 3, 5:00 pm, rustom <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 3, 1:17 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes:
> > > The aplus (APL --http://www.aplusdev.org/) language only works in
> > > xemacs but not gnu emacs.
>
> > > Does anyone know what it would take to make it run in gnu-emacs?
>
> > > I am just hoping that with the recent advances of unicode support in
> > > emacs these divergences may have narrowed
>
> > Huh?  Emacs has supported Unicode better than XEmacs for longer than
> > APL+ exists.  So you better base your hopes on something else.
>
> > --
> > David Kastrup
>
> So what do you suggest?

I forgot to mention that if someone who knows the internals and subtle
distinctions between gnu and X emacs would give me a few directions I
could try to do some of the grunt work in unravelling exactly why X
works but gnu doesn't (for aplus mode).