Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Call for discussion: Emacs and window systems Message-ID: Date: 4 Jun 90 16:56:08 GMT References: <1990May25.092932.15008@postmaster@turing.ac.uk> <1990May29.152417.11800@maytag.waterloo.edu> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 21 In-reply-to: himacdon@maytag.uwaterloo.ca's message of 29 May 90 15:24:17 GMT In article <1990May29.152417.11800@maytag.waterloo.edu> himacdon@maytag.uwaterloo.ca (Hamish Macdonald) writes: >>>>> 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? How about it? (What is it?) -- =================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mt. View, CA 94043 =================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"