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Re: PGTK-related misconceptions


From: Po Lu
Subject: Re: PGTK-related misconceptions
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 13:57:48 +0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.91 (gnu/linux)

Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> 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.

I don't see a difference between "for" and "only for" in this case,
because above the section talking about PGTK (and also in the details
below) is a large amount of commentary discussing the regular X build.


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