As Mac OS has a corporate entity behind it I don't think it is too surprising that Mac OS is in front...sort of. > And yes, you can have a transparent terminal

As Mac OS has a corporate entity behind it I don't think it is too surprising that Mac OS is in front...sort of. > And yes, you can have a transparent terminal on Linux, make emoji work, have better scroll, etc Well...sure, but it looks like all they did is remove the usage of Mac specific APIs from mainline: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00389.html https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00... So they aren't so much sabotaging Emacs when it is on Mac, they are just refusing to utilize platform specific APIs and tools. Again...see my first comment.