GNU bug report logs - #80080
64-bit XEmacs for Windows 11 instead of Emacs 30.2

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andrew Goh <andrewgoh2032 <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 02:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Andrew Goh <andrewgoh2032 <at> yahoo.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 64-bit XEmacs for Windows 11 instead of Emacs 30.2
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 02:51:33 +0000 (UTC)

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Hi Emacs Maintainer,
I wonder why development of XEmacs has stopped.  I remember using it many years ago and it is a lot more user friendly than Emacs 30.2, the latest incarnation. 
With thanks and regards,
Andrew

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Goh <andrewgoh2032 <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 80080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#80080: 64-bit XEmacs for Windows 11 instead of Emacs 30.2
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 07:51:35 +0200

> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 02:51:33 +0000 (UTC)
> From:  Andrew Goh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Hi Emacs Maintainer,
> 
> I wonder why development of XEmacs has stopped.  I remember using it many years ago and it is a lot more
> user friendly than Emacs 30.2, the latest incarnation. 

We don't develop XEmacs, so we cannot answer your question.  This bug
tracker belongs to the GNU Emacs project, so it only tracks issues
with GNU Emacs.

I suggest that you post this question to the XEmacs mailing list
instead.
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From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Goh <andrewgoh2032 <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 80080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#80080: 64-bit XEmacs for Windows 11 instead of Emacs 30.2
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:45:33 +0100

Andrew Goh via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I wonder why development of XEmacs has stopped.  I remember using it
> many years ago and it is a lot more user friendly than Emacs 30.2, the
> latest incarnation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170721023941/http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.announce/92

I think the option 4 was chosen back then.  As Eli said, this bug
tracker is probably the wrong place for this question.

Best, Arash
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