Re: PGTK-related misconceptions

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Mon 18 Apr 2022 at 01:31pm +08, Po Lu wrote:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Fri 15 Apr 2022 at 10:29am +08, Po Lu wrote:
>>
>>> People using X should _never_ use PGTK.  The regular X build does a much
>>> better job at supporting that than PGTK ever will.
>>
>> The discussion of pgtk in INSTALL doesn't say this.  If I was packaging
>> Emacs for a distro I think I could be misled into thinking I should
>> replace my gtk package with pgtk.  But in fact I should supply both.
>
> INSTALL already recommends PGTK only for using alternative window
> systems, not X, which is explained first.

It recommends it /for/ using alternative window systems, not /only for/
using alternative window systems, so far as I can tell.  For example

    With the PGTK build, you will be able to switch between running
    Emacs on X, Wayland and Broadway using the 'GDK_BACKEND' environment
    variable.

really makes it sound like it's find to use it if you're using only X.

-- 
Sean Whitton