Re: Gtk-Emacs on OS-X and W32/64?

[Jan Djärv]

Hello.

12 jun 2012 kl. 16:44 skrev address@hidden:

> Jan Djärv <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hello. 
>> 
>> I assume you want Gtk with a backend which is not X11?
>> 
>> This is not possible as the event handling for Gtk in Emacs is the X11 event 
>> code. 
> 
> Okay, so the event handling code would then need to somehow be ported to
> a gtk event loop, which I presume is a massive undertaking. 
> 

"Massive" is an overstatement, it has at some point in time been made for the 
NS and w32-port, so it is not unheard of.

I suspect it will have to be made sometime in the future, as we employ some 
(either already, or soon to be unsupported) tricks to make it work.

        Jan D.