Re: XEmacs feature missing in GNU Emacs?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Christopher Schmidt <christopher@ch.ristopher.com> wrote:
> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>> I changed the subject -- maybe this thread is an opportunity to get a
>> list of XEmacs features that would be nice to have in GNU Emacs.

> XEmacs separates core and lisp packages.  In fact, the code is even
> maintained in different repositories.

>    https://bitbucket.org/xemacs/

> This has tremendous advantages.  I would love to see such a strict
> separation in GNU Emacs.

This may have advantages.  It also has disadvantages.  It is much more
difficult to set up than Emacs's simplicity.  For example, during
installation, the user must edit the make file to say where the packages
are going to live.  For developers, the source and installed versions of
the packages are rigidly separated, making testing more awkward.

>        Christopher

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).