From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU (Howlin' Bob) Subject: Re: dosemu and windows Date: 2 Jun 1993 04:08:34 GMT
In <1993Jun2.011107.21248@sol.UVic.CA> pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
>How about the same way Linux was done. Divide and conquer.
>That's the only way to get that silly WABI.
>If someone were to just cobble together the stubs for the interface,
>and prioritize them, many could work on them. It sounds like
>an intrigueing project, especially when you say "can't".
I have never said "can't." I have just said "a vicious bitch."
I am defending myself, not trying to discourage others. I can't count
the "why don't you do ... it would be easy ... but I won't" letters
I get every week. As I said, it's possible, but a huge pain in the
ass. And wouldn't that time be better spend on native UNIX/Linux
apps? I'm rather intrigued by the idea of a WYSIWYG word processor
based on EMACS 19. It has the power for it, and the flexibility.
The Linux effort could benefit the EMACS developers by finishing
up the presentation/font parts of EMACS that have some...rough
edges.
That's my thinking. Sure, Windows would be nice. But native apps
are *always* better.
--
Robert Sanders
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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