Stefan Monnier writes:

> I've just installed a change in the Emacs Bzr trunk so that the
> current-buffer is preserved when running the Elisp code of process
> filters and sentinels.  If you can try this code (or try the patch
> below) to see if it fixes your problem, it would be helpful.

Hi Stephan, Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.  I have now
compiled and tried the latest bzr version (revno 100368).  But, it
seems to that the problem persists.

Here is my current proxy for accept-process-output:

  (defsubst vm-accept-process-output (process)
    "Accept output from PROCESS.  The variable `vm-imap-server-timeout'
  specifies how many seconds to wait before timing out.  If a timeout
  occurs, typically VM cannot proceed."
    ;; protect against possible buffer change due to bug in Emacs
    (let ((buf (current-buffer))
	  (got-output (accept-process-output process vm-imap-server-timeout)))
      (if got-output
	  (when (not (equal (current-buffer) buf))
	    (if (string-lessp "24" emacs-version)
		;; the Emacs bug should have been fixed
		(message 
		 "Emacs process output error: Buffer changed to %s" 
		 (current-buffer)))
	    ;; recover from the bug
	    (set-buffer buf))
	(vm-imap-protocol-error "No response from the IMAP server"))))

and the error came up pretty much the first time I tried it:

  Emacs process output error: Buffer changed to saved IMAP mailhost.c 10:31:09

The current-buffer should have been "IMAP mailhost.c 10:31.40".  But
it switched to the "IMAP mailhost.c 10:31:09" (call it the "old
buffer") because its process sent some output.

I am attaching the contents of the old buffer.  I think the last line
would have been output while the current accept-process-output was
done.  (Note that this line came in a few seconds after the current
process got started.)

So, there appears to be some deeper problem than originally thought.

Cheers,
Uday

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