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date Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:20:41 +0200
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1 # List of problems with XEmacs. If anyone wants to work on these, please
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2 # mail me and I'll update the table below.
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4 # Core NT issues
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5 1. Subprocess support is completely broken.
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6 2. Networking support is completely broken. This is due to the fact that
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7 the model relies on the subprocess support also working.
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8 4. No binary release. We know a binary release would be A Good Thing.
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9 However we want to make things stable before producing one so we don't
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10 have to field too many problems. Sorry.
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11 5. Support for dired is perhaps not quite there. We need to port ls-lisp.el
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12 from FSF Emacs.
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13 6. Currently the backup files do not get the same permissions as the file
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14 being edited. August Hill is looking at this one.
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15 7. Verify that CRLF issues are dealt with correctly. Marc Paquette is
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16 looking at this.
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17 8. Use the registry to store the root directory(ies) of lisp packages; that
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18 is the path name, not the elisp files.
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20 # X issues
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21 1. Redrawing on my (davidh) system seems fairly broken - I don't know if
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22 this is the XEmacs redraw functionality, my X server or just something
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23 strange with X under NT. Has anyone else experiences with this ?
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25 # Native GUI issues
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26 0. The entire event model.
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27 1. Calling mouse_[enter|leave]_frame_hook
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28 2. Can't change bold, italic or bold-italic face fonts
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29 3. Bogus delay when setting default- or initial-frame-plist
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30 4. Short timeouts don't seem to be very accurate
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31 5. Scrollbar dragging. Redisplay isn't called while dragging.
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32 Also can't retrieve 32 bit tracking position with GetScrollInfo()
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33 6. Menubar
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34 7. Palette handling
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35 8. Middle mouse button emulation
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36 9. Drag'n'drop
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37 10. Images
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39 Old Issues.
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41 1. For some reason, HOME is a required environment variable.
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