Re: Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)
Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net> writes:
> Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 01:05:42PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> > > Two things I'd like to see done with the virtual package system:
>
> > > 1. Define APIs for all virtual packages.
>
> > > 2. Tie virtual packages to the alternatives system, somehow.
>
> > > The former emphasises the fact that, unless you have *some* sort of
> > > common API (no matter how fuzzy), you don't really have a virtual
> > > package. The latter may be pie-in-the-sky, but could be interesting.
>
> > But a package which Recommends: www-browser needs no standard
> > interface whatsoever, for example.
>
> I believe they all fit this template:
>
> command-line: <package-specific-program-name> <url>
Is there a way to run "w3" (the Emacs Lisp web browser) from the
command line? I don't know if there is; if there isn't, I don't think
that should prevent emacs20 from "Provide"ing www-browser.
Carl Witty
cwitty@newtonlabs.com
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