Re: XJed do not set XWINDOWS with -batch

["John E. Davis" <davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G. Milde <g.milde@xxxxxx> wrote:
>John, as keycode is rather sparingly used, could it be dropped from the
>list in bytecompile.sl?

   It should be removed if it contains an XWINDOWS specific construct.
   The next development release will have it removed from bytecomp.sl.

>This is a tradeoff: 
>
>   1. separate libraries for jed and xjed
>   2. no byte compiling
>   3. evaluate 'if (is_defined("...")' with every call
>
>
>1. this adds IMHO too much complication and double effort (if I update a
>   mode, I will have to remember to do this in 2 libraries and
>   byte-complile both with the correct (x)jed.

I agree.

Incidently, xjed does not "exec" jed when DISPLAY is not set. Rather,
xjed contains the same code as jed and as such behaves the same in
such a scenario.

Thanks,
--John

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