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#14820: 24.3; elisp manual: How to write good idle timer worker functions? Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:35:01 -0400 Message-ID: References: <51DABDE6.10904@orcon.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373445377 10542 80.91.229.3 (10 Jul 2013 08:36:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14820@debbugs.gnu.org To: Phil Sainty Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 10 10:36:17 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uwpsm-0006AH-0i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:36:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54105 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uwpsl-0002m4-DG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:36:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uwpsd-0002kq-ND for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:36:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UwpsZ-0007Wd-3i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49887) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UwpsY-0007WV-Ve for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:36:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UwpsY-0005ne-6a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:36:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:36:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14820 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14820-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14820.137344530822175 (code B ref 14820); Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:36:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14820) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2013 08:35:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44203 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Uwpre-0005lW-CU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:35:07 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:54787) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Uwprc-0005lO-ID for 14820@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:35:04 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id r6A8Z1wY032419; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 321FDAE0C7; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 04:35:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <51DABDE6.10904@orcon.net.nz> (Phil Sainty's message of "Tue, 09 Jul 2013 01:25:58 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4634=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9362 : core <4634> : streams <997263> : uri <1472794> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:76182 Archived-At: > Documentation and/or possible enhancement needed. Currently, Emacs doesn't support such "background tasks" well. Documentation could help, but I think it's not really worth the trouble. Better come up with a package that provides support for it. IIRC someone posted some packages that try to provide support for related issues, but I can't find the corresponding email. Stefan