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Package: emacs
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I'd always assumed the configure option --without-xim caused Emacs to
be built without XIM support. In fact, all it does is toggle the runtime
default as to whether XIM is *used* or not.

Apparently this is intentional, see thread at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2003-07/msg00061.html

I think it's wrong to have a build-time option for a feature that can be
controlled at run-time (by X resources).

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Glenn Morris <rgm@HIDDEN> writes:

> I think it's wrong to have a build-time option for a feature that can be
> controlled at run-time (by X resources).

Eli seems okay with the idea for double buffering[1] (though that one is
by frame parameters, not X resources).  I agree it seems a bit
redundant, but is it really worth the trouble of removing?

[1]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=32032#77 and followups

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Noam Postavsky wrote:

>> I think it's wrong to have a build-time option for a feature that can be
>> controlled at run-time (by X resources).
>
> Eli seems okay with the idea for double buffering[1] (though that one is
> by frame parameters, not X resources). 

I don't want to mix two issues, but if you're asking, IMO that would
also be a mistake (eg a run-time command-line option would be better).

> I agree it seems a bit redundant, but is it really worth the trouble
> of removing?

Well if no-one actively objects (... oh right, this is Emacs),
I would consider it worth my trouble to remove it, some day.

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  > I'd always assumed the configure option --without-xim caused Emacs to
  > be built without XIM support. In fact, all it does is toggle the runtime
  > default as to whether XIM is *used* or not.

  > Apparently this is intentional, see thread at
  > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2003-07/msg00061.html

  > I think it's wrong to have a build-time option for a feature that can be
  > controlled at run-time (by X resources).

I agree.  Can it be controlled by a Lisp variable?

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Richard Stallman wrote:

> Can [xim] be controlled by a Lisp variable?

Not trivially, no.

Quoting the previous discussion:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2003-07/msg00292.html

  It can't be controlled via Lisp if you want it to apply initially,
  like for toolbar and menu.

Also, it can't be toggled in a running Emacs:

  If you know exactly what makes sense as far as turning it on and off,
  you've found better XIM documentation than I have, and I'd be
  interested in a pointer.

It is controlled by X resources when Emacs starts (and these can be
specified as command-line options to Emacs).

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  > Also, it can't be toggled in a running Emacs:

  >   If you know exactly what makes sense as far as turning it on and off,
  >   you've found better XIM documentation than I have, and I'd be
  >   interested in a pointer.

That is unfortunate.  Is it a missing feature in Emacs
or is it a real problem?

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