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Re: Motif support


From: xenodasein
Subject: Re: Motif support
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:28:45 +0100 (CET)

Quoting: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-12/msg02036.html
From:   Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Motif support
Date:   Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:09:26 +0200

> I don't think I understand what that means in practice.  GUI
> programming for drawing is inherently system-dependent; for example,
> the --with-x-toolkit=no build uses Xlib calls all over the place.  Can
> you explain how something like that can work on all platforms?

For the maintenance of the frame, true, but we do not need the platform
to draw what we put inside that window, no? I still need to use X,
Wayland, win32 etc.  But they need not dictate what the program looks
like, as all video game look different.




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