Xref: utzoo gnu.emacs:2953 comp.emacs:8406 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!udel!princeton!att!watmath!maytag!maytag!himacdon From: himacdon@maytag.uwaterloo.ca (Hamish Macdonald) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs,comp.emacs Subject: Re: Call for discussion: Emacs and window systems Message-ID: <1990May29.152417.11800@maytag.waterloo.edu> Date: 29 May 90 15:24:17 GMT References: <1990May25.092932.15008@postmaster@turing.ac.uk> Sender: daemon@maytag.waterloo.edu (Admin) Followup-To: gnu.emacs Distribution: comp Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 16 >>>>> In article , >>>>> cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) writes: David> By layering the interface into multiple tasks, the ability to David> move to different windowing environments (and perhaps other David> environments) might be eased. Also, new tasks might be created David> for very different communication mechanisms (like a light pen David> or a bar-code reader). Obviously, though, this will require an David> Inter-Task Communication standard for Emacs (possibly TCL?). How about Linda? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- himacdonald@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca watmath!watdragon!himacdonald "Guns seldom solve any problems; they merely decide whose will shall prevail for the time being." - Brian Jarvis