From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Devon Sean McCullough Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44818: 27.0.91; wedged Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:35:00 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83a6v8vzok.fsf@gnu.org> <25e38edd-593d-5c6b-dd6d-25bb5cd439b3@jovi.net> <83ft4ytwu7.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25758"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.3 Cc: 44818@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 25 02:36:11 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1khjj8-0006Y5-3J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:36:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34480 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khjj6-0000aL-O5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:36:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khjj0-0000Yv-7l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:50299) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1khjj0-0004Ss-0T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khjiz-00014F-SD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:36:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Devon Sean McCullough Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:36:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44818 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 44818-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44818.16062681044028 (code B ref 44818); Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:36:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44818) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Nov 2020 01:35:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33612 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khji3-00012u-VW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:35:04 -0500 Original-Received: from gateway32.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.145.1]:25455) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1khji1-00012P-Ej for 44818@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:35:02 -0500 Original-Received: from cm12.websitewelcome.com (cm12.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.8]) by gateway32.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1184C991D for <44818@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:35:00 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from leaf.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.82.99]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id hji0kvn4jiQiZhji0kZUzg; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:35:00 -0600 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 Original-Received: from pool-72-83-171-228.washdc.east.verizon.net ([72.83.171.228]:50519 helo=[192.168.1.165]) by leaf.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1khji0-002JUO-LE; Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:35:00 -0600 In-Reply-To: <83ft4ytwu7.fsf@gnu.org> Content-Language: en-US X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - leaf.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - debbugs.gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jovi.net X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 72.83.171.228 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1khji0-002JUO-LE X-Source-Sender: pool-72-83-171-228.washdc.east.verizon.net ([192.168.1.165]) [72.83.171.228]:50519 X-Source-Auth: devon2011@jovi.net X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: am92aW5ldDtkZXZvbjtsZWFmLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== X-Local-Domain: yes X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:194141 Archived-At: On 24/11/2020 13:48, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Cc: 44818@debbugs.gnu.org >> From: Devon Sean McCullough >> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:42:03 -0500 >> >> P.S. Could a watchdog timer safely abort such wedgitude? > > That would have to run in a separate thread, right? > > But what timeout to set it to? some jobs might legitimately take some > time. And then what to do when the timer expires? The job of redisplay cannot legitimately take > 50 milliseconds. When the user repeatedly tries ^G quit but Emacs is unresponsive because of redisplay, such redisplay must be prevented while the user is offered options to regain control. Peace --Devon P.S. Could an invisibility overlay offer temporary relief? Perhaps a red screen of redisplay death with a short menu?