eho@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Eric Ho) (12/24/89)
I've looked into the oldXmenu subdir and its README file discourages users to use it but src/config.h allows people to enable that flag. Can I enable it ? -- Eric Ho Princeton University eho@confidence.princeton.edu
bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) (12/27/89)
In article <EHO.89Dec23213050@word.Princeton.EDU> eho@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Eric Ho) writes:
I've looked into the oldXmenu subdir and its README file
discourages users to use it but src/config.h allows people to
enable that flag.
Can I enable it ?
Sure, why not? If it feels good for you...
That menu package originated between X10R3 and X10R4, then was ported
to X11 about X11R1. Though its use was discouraged for reasons of
aesthetics and progress, it was included with the X11 distribution
through R2, then dropped from R3 altogether.
It was a fairly literal port (you've seen Fortran code written in C,
right? same idea between X10 and X11), and isn't necessarily
guaranteed to interact correctly with all the latest X stuff (ICCCM,
etc.) that didn't exist then. Still, it works for now, and is
included with Emacs because it's convenient for those people who
became accustomed to using pop-up menus in Emacs back in the
late-Pleistocene X10 era. If your users have C-S-Left wired into
their wrists, they'll probably complain if it disappears.
Perhaps one day, if there's a Consortium-blessed Toolkit menu package
that won't bloat Emacs yet too much further, it will be used instead.