From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:39:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316465116 3491 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2011 20:45:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:45:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5372@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 19 22:45:11 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5ki3-0004la-8G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:44:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33356 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5ilT-00056t-7O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59018) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5ilI-00056k-JZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:40:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5il9-0005cU-9Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:40:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51041) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5il9-0005cQ-5T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5iq0-0007UL-UI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:45:05 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:45:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 5372 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5372-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5372.131645788128741 (code B ref 5372); Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:45:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5372) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Sep 2011 18:44:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5ipc-0007TW-QN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:44:41 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5ipY-0007T3-Lo for 5372@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:44:38 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EADSLd05FpZ7x/2dsb2JhbABCpzt4gVMBAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSICrQ+hngEoE6ERA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.68,406,1312171200"; d="scan'208";a="137154159" Original-Received: from 69-165-158-241.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.158.241]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 19 Sep 2011 14:39:33 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id ECE25591F1; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:39:32 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:21:18 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:45:04 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51497 Archived-At: > It looks like url-retrieve-synchronously is not finished when run in a > timer. Is that expected behaviour? > It looks like it hangs in accept-process-output. I don't think there's a deep reason why url-retrieve-synchronously can't run from a timer. If you find a problem with it, please make a proper bug report, with the usual detailed information. Note that url-retrieve-synchronously may block for indefinite amounts of time waiting for some remote host to answer, so if run from a timer, you'll need/want with-local-quit (or while-no-input) so the user can interrupt it if needed. Stefan