From: Johan Andersson <johan.andersson@burtcorp.com>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
Cc: 24849@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24849: Is Emacs put in idle mode when window is not focused?
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 21:41:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF4YyTrVaGDzVadU+wdMbcJd_oAi5R6hwZD7yga+d3_f_-0DXQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26658800-320f-359a-6e35-a9deb06d5ed0@dancol.org>
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On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org> wrote:
> On 11/01/2016 01:33 PM, Johan Andersson wrote:
>
>> BTW: please don't top-post
>>>
>>
>> Sorry, what?
>>
>
> Please start your reply below the text to which you're replying.
>
> A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
> Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>
> A: The lost context.
> Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted?
>
> A: Yes.
> Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm
> replying?
>
>
>
>> Are you sure that your subprocess isn't buffering its output?
>>>
>>
>> No. Does that make a difference?
>>
>
> Emacs can't respond to what it can't see. If your subprocess isn't pushing
> bytes to the kernel and is instead buffering internally, Emacs can't see
> those bytes. Internal buffering is a common cause of complaints about
> parent processes not seeing output from children.
>
>
>> Can you catch Emacs in the act?
>>>
>>
>> What do you mean?
>>
>> Assuming GNU/Linux here.
>>>
>>
>> On a Mac here, but I might be able to find a GNU/Linux machine at work
>> tomo.
>>
>
> dtrace, which OS X supports, has similar system-call-tracing capabilities,
> although I don't know the correct incantation off the top of my head.
>
>
>>
> Please start your reply below the text to which you're replying.
Ok, then I guess that's default in Gmail. This better?
> ... Internal buffering is a common cause of complaints about parent
processes not seeing output from children.
I understand that, but that's not my issue here. The sub process might not
have any output at all, but I would still expect that sub process to
respond to my requests.
--
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-01 8:44 bug#24849: Is Emacs put in idle mode when window is not focused? Johan Andersson
2016-11-01 16:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-01 19:48 ` Johan Andersson
2016-11-01 20:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-01 20:18 ` Johan Andersson
2016-11-01 20:28 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-11-01 20:33 ` Johan Andersson
2016-11-01 20:37 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-11-01 20:41 ` Johan Andersson [this message]
2016-11-01 20:44 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-11-01 20:51 ` Johan Andersson
2016-11-01 23:25 ` Alan Third
2016-11-02 8:00 ` Johan Andersson
2016-11-01 20:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-01 20:52 ` Johan Andersson
2016-11-02 2:18 ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-02 8:10 ` Johan Andersson
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