rms@AI.MIT.EDU (09/11/89)
I don't think most Emacs users want to participate in a discussion about how to solve a fairly obscure problem in how Emacs is implemented. This kind of discussion doesn't help me solve the problem. I know you mean well, but you aren't experts. Most of this discussion consists of proposals that are completely wrong, or won't work, followed by refutations and counterproposals. When I decide to fix this for version 19, I won't read the discussion; I'll just fix it--it will take less time. In general, the way for a problem to be fixed is for someone who knows how to fix it right simply to do so. Any solution that involves discussion should be avoided except as a last resort, because it is inefficient. Remember, the purpose of info-gnu-emacs (and its repeater newsgroup, gnu.emacs) is to carry the information that *every Emacs user will want to know*. There's nothing wrong with non-experts discussing how Emacs bugs might be fixed, but please don't do it here.