> From: Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org> > Cc: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>, Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf@gmail.com>, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:13:13 +0000 > > Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: > > > Po Lu [2022-11-08 21:42:47] wrote: > >> Andrea Corallo <akrl@sdf.org> writes: > >>> not sure if this was discussed already but, shouldn't we warn the user > >>> running an Emacs in such unsupported configuration? > >> That's already done so, in NEWS and other associated documentation. > > > > I think Andrea was thinking of something more "in your face", like on > > the splash screen or in the *scratch* buffer's initial text, or as > > a `display-warning`, ... > > Exactly, if Emacs is not supposed to work properly in a certain > configuration I believe we definitely should inform the user of this. Why not simply refuse to start in that case? We could add a special command-line option to override that, to leave users a "fire escape".
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