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Feb 8	2021-02-08 00:00:00 UTC	2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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minifridge·Feb 8, 2021

A pgtk build of emacs is what I have been using for quite some time without any significant problems (native Wayland build) https://github.com/masm11/emacs Pretty sure there are builds for the browsers you mentioned that run natively on wayland

In I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit

striking·Feb 2, 2021

Someone is working on that: https://github.com/masm11/emacs

In I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit

ubercow13·Feb 2, 2021

Have you tried the Wayland port? (https://github.com/masm11/emacs :)

In I'm tired of this anti-Wayland horseshit

jedbrown·Dec 16, 2020

I recently switched from xmonad to sway and have been using this fork [1] of Emacs. See [2] for install instructions: > We (@masm11 and @fejfighter) are going to push @fejfighter's fork to the fsf's repository, instead of my fork. @fejfighter's one is rebaseable and have English commit messages. See #23. [1] https://github.com/fejfighter/emacs [2] https://github.com/masm11/emacs

In I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

jpfr·Sep 26, 2020

Emacs has a lot of cruft on the code-level. The worst part is the lack of separation between "backend" and "frontend". There is support for many different "frontend" architectures: Win32/MacOS/Gtk/<Motif and many more old X11 toolkits> But a lot of code was just duplicated when a new frontend architecture was added. And started to grow into different directions. The code is littered with #ifdef and there is no clear API for the fronted architectures to sit on top of. For example, font handling is different for most frontends. And this difference leaks into the core part of Emacs where line-breaks are managed, etc. There is work towards a "pure GTK" that uses Cairo as a drawing surface. https://github.com/masm11/emacs Imho the Cairo "drawing surface" and font handling should be the only implementation for what it does and reused for all fr

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ontend architectures. With the exception of terminal sessions... But, Emacs devs are very conservative when it comes to "modernize". In my experience, it is a lot easier to add stuff than to clean up. That also explains the forest of #ifdef and accumulation of cruft.

In Toward a “modern” Emacs

sirffuzzylogik·Sep 26, 2020

Wayland support is actually being actively worked on. It is done via "native" (no X widgets) GTK support. You can find it on: https://github.com/masm11/emacs The plan is to get that merged upstream at some point, you can find out more about it on the official mailing lists.

In Toward a “modern” Emacs