From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: sbaugh@catern.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: call-process should not block process filters from running Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:12:01 -0400 Message-ID: <875y6zo8b2.fsf@catern.com> References: <83cz1fvjef.fsf@gnu.org> <83h6qnpieb.fsf@gnu.org> <837criq321.fsf@gnu.org> <87r0pprhfd.fsf@catern.com> <1f5d7e77-3ac0-6b6e-9bd6-73302114ebaa@gutov.dev> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33772"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:3xnjl7W8StiqIwWUjn0UXqEJ6MQ= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 04 20:25:58 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qGkir-0008ZA-ML for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:25:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qGkiV-000397-TE; Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:25:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qGkVY-0006Cn-28 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:12:12 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qGkVW-0005tH-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:12:11 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qGkVU-0000Cd-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:12:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 04 Jul 2023 14:25:32 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:307441 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > On 03/07/2023 03:02, sbaugh@catern.com wrote: >> Since project-find-regexp can >> take many seconds on large repos, I think this is useful. >> However, my other main test case/use case, being able to paste while >> Emacs is in call-process, doesn't work with this change. Any idea on >> how to make that work? > > Do you have some particular aim related to project-find-regexp? > > Having Emacs interactive and responsive while the search is ongoing > would require a different direction in design. > > Is the goal simply to have other, unrelated code keep running? I merely use project-find-regexp as an example of an important function that uses call-process. The goal is indeed simply to have other unrelated code keep running. And to be able to paste in other X clients. And be able to call project-find-regexp (and other call-process using functions) from a Lisp thread. Changing project-find-regexp to use asynchronous processes would be nice, but more work, requiring more design effort. Running processes synchronously is fine, if it doesn't block unrelated code.