From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: hw <hw@adminart.net>
Cc: psainty@orcon.net.nz, gazally@runbox.com, rms@gnu.org,
emacs-devel-bounces+psainty=orcon.net.nz@gnu.org,
emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: User interaction from multiple threads
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 17:43:07 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83va7x5guc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874lfi863s.fsf@himinbjorg.adminart.net> (message from hw on Sun, 26 Aug 2018 14:52:41 +0200)
> From: hw <hw@adminart.net>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org, psainty@orcon.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org, emacs-devel-bounces+psainty=orcon.net.nz@gnu.org, gazally@runbox.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 14:52:41 +0200
>
> > I don't see how this would solve the problem, since thread IDs will
> > always be quite short.
>
> I don´t understand this. I thought requests for input would be queued
> in such a way that the users can look at the queue when ever they see
> fit, and the information in the queue along with the prompts would make
> it obvious to the users what each request is about.
>
> Wouldn't that be much better than having requests for input and the
> threads that created them fight over the mini-buffer and interrupt the
> user once they can hijack the mini-buffer?
You need to catch up with the discussion ;-) We all but agreed that
threads should not "fight" one another. Still, when Emacs decides
that a certain thread is granted access to the minibuffer and can
interact with the user, how will the user know which of the N threads
asks them the question, and for what purpose? The correct answer
could well depend on that. As a trivial example, consider 2 threads,
one copying files, the other removing files. How do you know whether
to confirm or not when the prompt says just "FOO (y or n)?"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-26 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 119+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-14 15:12 User interaction from multiple threads Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-14 16:42 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2018-08-15 8:02 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-16 14:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-17 2:59 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2018-08-17 8:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-15 8:06 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-15 8:22 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-15 9:08 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-15 10:30 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-15 12:27 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-15 12:59 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-15 16:27 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-15 18:04 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-17 4:26 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-17 4:32 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-17 7:33 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-17 7:48 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-17 8:11 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-17 9:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-15 16:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-16 12:21 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-16 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-17 7:24 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-17 7:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-17 8:34 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-17 8:52 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2018-08-17 9:06 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-17 9:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-18 8:31 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-18 9:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-19 9:17 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-15 16:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-16 12:20 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-16 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-16 15:19 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-20 14:36 ` Gemini Lasswell
2018-08-20 15:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-19 23:08 ` Gemini Lasswell
2018-08-20 1:18 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-20 14:15 ` Gemini Lasswell
2018-08-20 17:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-29 17:36 ` John Shahid
2018-08-30 0:18 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-30 2:34 ` John Shahid
2018-08-30 13:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-30 16:08 ` John Shahid
2018-08-30 17:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-30 20:15 ` John Shahid
2018-08-31 18:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-31 21:37 ` Gemini Lasswell
2018-09-01 7:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-20 17:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-20 22:38 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-21 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 4:05 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-22 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 15:48 ` hw
2018-08-22 17:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22 19:34 ` hw
2018-08-22 23:58 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-23 0:22 ` John Wiegley
2018-08-24 1:59 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-23 14:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-23 22:34 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-24 8:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-24 12:59 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-25 0:21 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-25 0:16 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-24 2:00 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-24 3:57 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-24 9:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-24 11:44 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-24 15:41 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-25 11:58 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-27 10:53 ` Elias Mårtenson
2018-08-25 0:20 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-25 7:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-25 10:32 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-25 19:11 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-25 19:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-26 12:52 ` hw
2018-08-26 14:43 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-08-27 4:33 ` hw
2018-08-27 7:32 ` Michael Albinus
2018-08-27 14:35 ` hw
2018-08-27 15:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-27 18:43 ` hw
2018-08-28 5:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-28 20:47 ` hw
2018-08-27 15:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-27 19:46 ` hw
2018-08-28 5:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-28 13:05 ` Phil Sainty
2018-08-28 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-28 22:05 ` hw
2018-08-29 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-29 20:00 ` hw
2018-08-30 13:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-01 17:32 ` hw
2018-09-01 18:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-02 16:37 ` hw
2018-09-02 17:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-01 22:30 ` Drew Adams
2018-09-02 16:43 ` hw
2018-08-30 1:16 ` Uday S Reddy
2018-08-30 13:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-30 21:12 ` Uday Reddy
2018-08-31 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-09-01 17:33 ` hw
2018-08-26 20:43 ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-22 16:24 ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-22 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-25 16:16 ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-22 7:18 ` martin rudalics
2018-08-22 14:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-21 16:17 ` Gemini Lasswell
2018-08-30 0:21 ` Uday Reddy
2018-08-30 13:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
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