From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ";0c" in terminal with slow connections
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:33:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070907093305.GN9115@prunille.vinc17.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ITXO9-0003a2-1H@fencepost.gnu.org>
On 2007-09-07 02:32:21 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > Emacs uses a read-event with a timer for processing the response,
> > maybe the response does come back before the timer expires, so it is
> ^^^^^^ after
> > processed as normal input.
>
> Yes, I think this is the problem, as it occurs only with connections
> having a high latency (such as ADSL). Is a timer really necessary?
>
> If there is a chance that the terminal won't respond at all,
> the timer would enable Enacs to avoid hanging. Is that the
> reason for the timer?
Emacs should first make sure that the sequence is supported,
at least to avoid erratic behavior with other terminals.
> What is the purpose of making this query in the first place?
> Maybe the best thing to do is get rid of it.
I think so.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-07 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20070903105723.GA4091@prunille.vinc17.org>
2007-09-04 16:45 ` ";0c" in terminal with slow connections Richard Stallman
2007-09-04 19:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-09-04 22:15 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-09-05 6:16 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-06 5:34 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-09-06 12:50 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-09-06 15:28 ` Davis Herring
2007-09-07 6:32 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-07 9:33 ` Vincent Lefevre [this message]
2007-09-07 14:13 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-09-08 7:00 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-08 8:32 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-09-08 8:21 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-09-08 8:35 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-09-08 9:32 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-09-08 16:17 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-09-09 14:09 ` Vincent Lefevre
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