Re: merging Emacs.app

[David Reitter]

Dan,

On 8 Mar 2008, at 17:14, Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

> There's another difference: Emacs.app is doing things the right way:
> it is trying to get merged in Emacs.  No such attempt from Aquamacs  
> until
> now.

We cannot go for a merge, since we support a number of features for  
which an implementation does not exist on GNU/Linux.  That's why we  
can't even have "GNU Aquamacs".  Also, we have changed a number of  
defaults for customization variables. The new defaults often make  
Emacs more like other applications on the platform, but they do not  
make sense for users who are used to the "Emacs" way.  Often, people  
belonging to this group complain on the Aquamacs mailing lists, where  
we either advise them how to change the settings, or where to get the  
original GNU Emacs with its settings. Aquamacs strives for UI  
compatibility with other apps (primarily on the platform),  
prioritizing this over compatibility with other Emacs versions or  
Emacs on other platforms.  I don't think this is or should be a goal  
for the GNU Emacs project.

I submit changes where I see fit, but all of the Aquamacs changes are  
also openly visible in our CVS.  If you like to integrate specific  
features, then I'd be happy to explain specific changes.  I'd like to  
see as many people use those as possible, so do let me know.


> It also has a place where it talks about the great contributions  
> back to
> Emacs <drumroll> bug reporting for Mac </drumroll>.
> And bug reports from Aquamacs are sometime forwarded here, we do get  
> to
> do some debugging for Aquamacs too.

In almost all cases, it is me (and really only me) reproducing and  
tracing these bugs before or after reporting them.  If you prefer me  
to ignore and swallow those user's bug reports, then Stefan and Chong  
can let me know.