Re: GDS does not support Emacs 23?

[William Xu]

Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:

> Yes, that is a problem that isn't well handled at the moment.  I've
> been thinking about this and have two possible solutions in mind.
>
> 1. (Easier) Change the GDS elisp code so that the gds-server process
>    is only started when needed.  This would probably avoid most
>    occurrences of the reported problem, because most users will
>    probably do GDS stuff in just one Emacs session.
>
> 2. (Harder) Create a new GDS "broker" component to handle the
>    possibility of multiple Emacs sessions running multiple
>    gds-servers.
>
> Any thoughts/preference?

i'd prefer solution 2, but solution 1 is acceptable. As for solution 1,
maybe we could let newer gds-server override older one, just like emacs
server's way.

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William

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