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Re: Problem with Visit button in VM-7.07

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 03:31
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David Masterson  <David.Masterson@synopsys.com> wrote:
 > >>>>> Kyle Jones writes:
 > 
 > > What VM has now is something I cooked up years ago because there
 > > wasn't anything else to use.  Reproducing the Aqua Finder using
 > > XEmacs' widgets won't be very pretty, but I think it can be
 > > functional enough for VM's purposes.  VM just needs some way to
 > > traverse directories and select folders or files.
 > 
 > My only point was that such an interface should be a basic part of
 > (X)Emacs that VM makes use of and not a VM specific thing.  After all,
 > if you do this for XEmacs, are you going to have to support something
 > else for Emacs?

I agree that such a finder should be provided at a lower-level
than VM.  But I have to start somewhere.  Both XEmacs and Emacs
have sufficient functionality.  There will be the usual overlays
vs. extents differences and all the rest, but that's nothing new.
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From: kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones)
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Subject: Re: Problem with Visit button in VM-7.07
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 03:31:41 +0000 (UTC)
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