Re: "Asynchronous Requests from Emacs Dynamic Modules"

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

"Zhu Zihao" <all_but_last@163.com> writes:

> Ok, But how to do this in Emacs version 25-27?
>
>
> Emacs doesn't support named pipe access, but may be we can use `make-network-process` to open a TCP socket. Like this?
>
>
> ```
> (let ((proc (make-network-process :name "fake-proxy-process"
>                      :server t
>                      :host 'local
>                      :filter <filter-to-execute-callback>
>                      :noquery t
>                      ;; Detect port automatically
>                      :service t)))
>      (setq <global-proc-var> proc)
>      (module-function-initialize-notify (process-contact proc :service)))
> ```
>
>
> But this maybe too strange for user to understand why a dynamic module require a TCP port access...

It doesnʼt: you can use unix sockets by specifying :family 'local

Robert