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Re: History Re: Debunking Emacs merits over GUI - Re: package for Email
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David Masterson |
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Re: History Re: Debunking Emacs merits over GUI - Re: package for Email |
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Sun, 22 Jan 2023 11:33:54 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
>> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:08:26 -0800
>>
>> Wasn't the display engine derived from Lucid Emacs?
>
> No, it was coded by Gerd Möllmann from scratch. Some features were
> borrowed from XEmacs, but only as far as the specification, behavior,
> and UX are concerned; no code was taken, AFAIR.
My memory is faulty as well. I remember JamieZ wanting to get the Lucid
Emacs code into Gnu Emacs and Stallman having a problem with (IIRC) the
proprietariness of it, but the details were too "in the weeds" for me to
follow. I thought there was a "meeting of minds" (of a sort) that
allowed the Lucid code to be used to some degree, but I suppose your
recollection is more proper.
--
David Masterson
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