Mercurial > emacs

comparison man/anti.texi @ 31403:736bba059dd4

Find changesets by keywords (author, files, the commit message), revision number or hash, or revset expression.
Mention new face attributes, fields, and Eshell. Suggested by Gerd Moellmann.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:18:32 +0000
parents e68fb610cc11
children 09353c2fcc8a
comparison
equal deleted inserted replaced
31402:160321ab5c3d 31403:736bba059dd4
19 Variable-size characters are not supported anymore: you cannot use fonts 19 Variable-size characters are not supported anymore: you cannot use fonts
20 which contain oversized characters, and using italics fonts can totally 20 which contain oversized characters, and using italics fonts can totally
21 screw up your display. Find one font that works and stick to it! 21 screw up your display. Find one font that works and stick to it!
22 22
23 @item 23 @item
24 Likewise, Emacs cannot display images, play sounds, and do anything 24 Likewise, Emacs cannot display images, play sounds, or do anything
25 except displaying text. Multimedia is for Netrape! 25 except displaying text. Multimedia is for Netrape!
26
27 @item
28 Faces on X were made to follow the XLFD font names, to avoid the need of
29 reinventing what X has already invented. This means that face merging
30 doesn't work. However, experience shows that supporting mergers is bad
31 economics. Face inheritance was also removed.
32
33 @item
34 New face attributes, such as 3D appearence, strike-through, overline
35 etc., were eliminated, to minimize consing.
26 36
27 @item 37 @item
28 Toolkit scrollbars are not supported. Emacs bare-bones X scrollbars are 38 Toolkit scrollbars are not supported. Emacs bare-bones X scrollbars are
29 so much leaner and meaner. There are no toggle buttons and radio 39 so much leaner and meaner. There are no toggle buttons and radio
30 buttons in menus. @code{LessTif} is not supported either. 40 buttons in menus. @code{LessTif} is not supported either.
31 41
32 @item 42 @item
33 There are no toolbars and no tooltips; in particular, the @acronym{GUD} 43 There are no toolbars and no tooltips; in particular, the @acronym{GUD}
34 mode cannot display variable values in tooltips. Emacs is an editor, 44 mode cannot display in a tooltip a value of a variable when you click on
35 not some fancy GUI program! 45 that variable's name. Emacs is an editor, not some fancy GUI program!
36 46
37 @item 47 @item
38 Colors are not available on character terminals. If you @emph{must} 48 Colors are not available on character terminals. If you @emph{must}
39 have colors, but cannot afford running X, use the MS-DOG version of 49 have colors, but cannot afford running X, use the MS-DOG version of
40 Emacs inside a DOS emulator. 50 Emacs inside a DOS emulator.
203 @item 213 @item
204 recentf.el is not available, so you will have to memorize your 214 recentf.el is not available, so you will have to memorize your
205 frequently edited files by heart, or use desktop.el. 215 frequently edited files by heart, or use desktop.el.
206 216
207 @item 217 @item
218 Field properties were eliminated, so various packages based on comint.el
219 which run subsidiary programs in Emacs buffers cannot easily distinguish
220 between text which came from the subprocess and text typed by the user.
221 The ingenious techniques this requires from Lisp programs will
222 undoubtfully assist to further advance and development of the Emacs Lisp
223 language.
224
225 @item
208 Many additional packages that were unnecessarily complicating your lives 226 Many additional packages that were unnecessarily complicating your lives
209 are no longer with us. You cannot browse C@t{++} classes with Ebrowse, 227 are no longer with us. You cannot browse C@t{++} classes with Ebrowse,
210 edit Delphi sources, access @acronym{SQL} data bases, edit PostScript 228 edit Delphi sources, access @acronym{SQL} data bases, edit PostScript
211 files and context diffs, access LDAP and other directory servers, edit 229 files and context diffs, access @acronym{LDAP} and other directory
212 TODO files conveniently. Emacs doesn't need all that crud. 230 servers, edit @file{TODO} files conveniently, or mix shell commands and
231 Lisp functions with Eshell. Emacs doesn't need all that crud.
213 232
214 @item 233 @item
215 To keep up with decreasing computer memory capacity and disk space, many 234 To keep up with decreasing computer memory capacity and disk space, many
216 other functions and files have been eliminated in Emacs 20. There's no 235 other functions and files have been eliminated in Emacs 20. There's no
217 need to mention them all here. If you try to use one of them, you'll 236 need to mention them all here. If you try to use one of them, you'll