Stephen Turnbull had this to say to a correspondent on the xemacs-beta
mailing list this morning. I think it would be just as accurate if you
replaced "XEmacs" with "Python".
Many of the things you request are prima facie reasonable, and
we'll certainly consider them in the light of what they would
cost to implement. But I rather suspect that your frustration
level would drop considerably if you'd stop trying to Kung Fu
XEmacs into submission, and try going with the flow,
aikido-style.
less-tae-bo-more-tai-chi-ly, y'rs,
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