Emacs and frames.

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 02:53:59PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> My partner in crime is running Tru64 5.0 with KDE and GNU Emacs 
> 20.6.2. 
[SNIP]
> running the identical version on TRU64 4.0F which does appear to retain 
> its state. The other difference is that I am still running CDE and he is 
> running KDE2. 

Running CDE struck me...  Since I compiled Xemacs from source just
today, one thing comes to mind.  I have no idea if this is relevant,
or if the option is even there in GNU emacs, but I could see where
this might potentially have an effect.

At least in Xemacs, when you compile it there are two options that
include support for CDE stuff: --with-cde and --with-dragndrop.  It
may be that GNU emacs also has these (I have no idea -- I've never
compiled it) and that compiling in support for this stuff messes with
some other DTE's like KDE.

One possible way to test it would be re-compile from source, making
sure not to include that stuff, and see if the problem goes away with
the new version.  Just a thought...

P.S. if you use emacs in an X environment, you may find that you like
Xemacs better.  I personally think it behaves a little more
intuitively than GNU emacs, and has some nice features that GNU emacs
doesn't have (for example, customizable syntax coloring in tty mode).
On the other hand, you might disagree, especially if you've used emacs
for a long time...  :)

[I seriously hope this comment doesn't start an emacs vs. xemacs war.
While I prefer xemacs, I don't find the differences worth arguing
about.]


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