From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: Emacs 22 compatibility Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:44:48 +0100 Message-ID: <87hanji7an.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <87licz2ejp.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <10228.1355612445@alphaville> <87ehiq62qe.fsf@gmail.com> <8738z3fgo8.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59152) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tl1E4-0001Nl-UC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:45:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tl1Dz-0003c8-DK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:45:08 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47555) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tl1Dz-0003Wi-6B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:45:03 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tl1E9-0006xx-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:45:13 +0100 Received: from pd9eb5aee.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.235.90.238]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:45:13 +0100 Received: from Stromeko by pd9eb5aee.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:45:13 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bastien writes: > I think a reasonable expectation is to be fully compatible with > the last two major versions of GNU Emacs (23 and 24). It would help if I managed to get Emacs 23 to compile Org… but since some people on the list are still using Emacs23 and they don't report problems I'm assuming it's rather something in my build ATM, although I've built Emacs 23 with the same parameters before (just a different compiler). > For Emacs 22 and XEmacs, if we have people using these Emacsen, maybe > they can help? Emacs 22 is already broken in non-trivial ways AFAICS and the question is if its worth the effort to unbreak it. There are some things I've looked at (like macro expansion inside a macro, as it is used in org-odt) that should work, but apparently don't. I have no idea if the byte-code that is generated has a chance of working, but it looks quite strange. UTF-8 support is another sore point that currently shoots down startup of the test suite if I interpret the error messages correctly. I'm not sure which is the last version that fully works with Emacs 22, even to find that out would take quite some time. > I'm reluctant to drop support for Emacs 22/XEmacs as it would > block those volunteers. I have somewhat more hope for XEmacs, although many of the newer additions to Org would need to be reviewed for compatibility problems. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf rackAttack V1.04R1: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada