Re: Gtk version getting closer

[Jan D.]

> 
> > From: "Jan D." <address@hidden>
> > Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:39:07 +0100 (CET)
> > 
> > This port tries to reuse as much as it can of current X code, so
> > it is very dependent on X.  For example, all drawing is done with
> > standard X calls.  The event loop is mostly unmodified (split into
> > two functions, but no major code changes).
> 
> Does this mean the code won't work with the Windows port of Gtk?

I assume it does not work with MS Windows.  X specific calls in Gtk
are used, as well as a lot of X calls in the ordinary Emacs code for X.

The goal has been to reuse as much code unchanged as possible (see
http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/emacs-devel/2001-December/004383.html).

Since I don't do MS Windows I don't know what effort would
be required to make it work.  If one used only Gtk code instead of
Xlib I assume it would run on MS Windows as well.  This is what I
started to do, but then changed to the current X specific approach.

        Jan D.