>>>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:36:50 -0500, Jason Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>> It is really great to express gratitude to developers, but it is
>> not necessary to say something like "it is much much better than
>> XXX", especially without mentioning the reasons.  If you want to
>> make a comparison with other implementations, please be more
>> specific and concrete.  This is a list for development.

> OK, here a few things (this is all with a "virgin" install of both,
> with no .emacs file):

> Emacs.app has an actual Preferences panel, whereas Carbon Emacs just
> dumped me into a customization buffer.  Granted, the preferences in
> Emacs.app are skeletal, but at least they're there.

You may also want to look at a related post/thread in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] about my opinion about the Preferences panel
Emacs.app provides:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-11/msg00424.html

> My wheel mouse didn't work under Carbon Emacs, but it did under
> Emacs.app.  I'm not sure why that is.

> That dreaded "process-connection-type" error still plagued me in
> Carbon, and I need M-x shell.  Emacs.app "just worked."  Fortunately
> it's an easy fix for Carbon.

Which version are you using?  Note that the Carbon port on the Emacs
CVS trunk (Emacs 23) is effectively unmaintained as the configure
message says.  If the comparison is made with that version, that
doesn't make sense.

> Meta is mapped to Option in Emacs.app by default, so all the Mac
> shortcuts still work.  And since I invariably use my right hand for
> Meta I actually like this better now, as it's a shorter trip for my
> pinky to hit Option than Command.

Modifier mapping is configurable, thanks to David Reitter's work.

> That Emacs.app writes out a .plist file is kind of cool.  Not
> exactly from a usability standpoint, but it makes emacs "feel" more
> Mac OS X- ish.

The Carbon port's view of the Preference system is a counterpart of X
resources.  As Emacs on X11 does not have a functionarity to write to
X resources, I didn't provide that either.

> I can tweak settings with the Property List Editor if I want to.

That's also possible in the Carbon port, in much more compatible way
with X resources.  See the "Mac Environment Variables" node in the
Emacs Info or
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Mac-Environment-Variables.html

                                     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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