Re: Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit

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From	Mekeor Melire <mekeor@posteo.de>
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Subject	Re: Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit
Date	Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:20:15 +0200
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On 2026-04-16 at 11:06, <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 2026-04-01, Mekeor Melire wrote:
>
>> On 2026-04-01 at 09:47, <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Are you saying Emacs now required GTK+ to run graphically on X11? This
>>> is not the first time this has been discussed over the past year
>>> (perhaps it was on a different group), but at least earlier versions of
>>> Emacs did not require GTK+ to run on X11.
>>>
>>> So your implication that Qt6 support is especially welcome because of
>>> this sounds strange. It's good that one more toolkit is supported, but
>>> it definitely isn't - or wasn't - required just to have Emacs run
>>> graphically on X11.
>>
>> Uh, April Fools!?
>
> (It didn't help that this had been IIRC previously brought up in some
> Emacs-related group, but what can I do :-) )

Yes, I think it was even myself who had brought that up
somewhere...

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Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit Mekeor Melire <mekeor@posteo.de> - 2026-04-01 10:35 +0200
  Re: Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-01 09:47 +0100
    Re: Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit Mekeor Melire <mekeor@posteo.de> - 2026-04-01 12:19 +0200
      Re: Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-16 11:06 +0100
        Re: Finally! GNU Emacs version 31 supports Qt6 as graphical toolkit Mekeor Melire <mekeor@posteo.de> - 2026-04-16 14:20 +0200

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