From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vincent Lefevre Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ";0c" in terminal with slow connections Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:33:05 +0200 Message-ID: <20070907093305.GN9115@prunille.vinc17.org> References: <20070903105723.GA4091@prunille.vinc17.org> <200709060534.l865YScm001171@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <20070906125034.GE9115@prunille.vinc17.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189157738 9890 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2007 09:35:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 07 11:35:36 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ITaFL-0003qt-4E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:35:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaFJ-0004AL-NI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:35:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaDB-0002H3-Gr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaDA-0002FH-0t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:33:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITaD9-0002Ev-If for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:33:11 -0400 Original-Received: from vinc17.pck.nerim.net ([213.41.242.187] helo=prunille.vinc17.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITaD6-0003sP-59; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: by prunille.vinc17.org (Postfix, from userid 501) id D885A18DFD5E; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:33:05 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Followup-To: Vincent Lefevre , Richard Stallman , dann@ics.uci.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Mailer-Info: http://www.vinc17.org/mutt/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16-vl-r18739 (2007-09-04) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 6.x (2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:78127 Archived-At: 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. >=20 > Yes, I think this is the problem, as it occurs only with connection= s > having a high latency (such as ADSL). Is a timer really necessary? >=20 > 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. --=20 Vincent Lef=E8vre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)