Re: Resources for an old newbie ?

[David Masterson]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> 1. with-x-toolkit=no means no Lucid or GTK -- the process gets much more
>> complex for dependency if you want a toolkit (I think Lucid is easier
>> than GTK)
>
> Note that "no toolkit" doesn't mean no X menus and scrollbars etc.  You
> lose a bit of convenience and eye candy, but nothing fundamental: Emacs
> has limited support for these things (that is also planned to be
> improved).
>
> That is because, IIRC, GTK will eventually be dropped, and Lucid also
> has problems (was it some unfixable bugs or crashs?).  I have also
> switched to a no-toolkit build now.  The other builds work well in
> general, too, but there are these disadvantages.

That's interesting!

-- 
David Masterson