From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Florian Beck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: multi-threaded Emacs Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:10:32 +0100 Message-ID: <87myfeb2c7.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> References: <87abbiody1.fsf@master.homenet> <877i6l5d8s.fsf@master.homenet> <874p1npvtj.fsf@master.homenet> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228259494 13284 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2008 23:11:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:11:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Giuseppe Scrivano To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 00:12:37 2008 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 1L7ePz-0007GC-Ig for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:12:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47786 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7eOp-0002aH-8g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:11:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7eOA-0002Iz-Ja for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:10:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7eO9-0002I0-0R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:10:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35149 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7eO8-0002Hv-SB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:10:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mo-p05-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.182]:63543) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L7eO5-00062x-7U; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:10:37 -0500 X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo05 X-RZG-AUTH: :KmALZ0mpdbGonPxw7gDkop508XQjelhLxGYn4B74/jTNdrjLjuwMuuiy8j0BYXGgeN906gc= Original-Received: from sophokles (p549948F2.dip.t-dialin.net [84.153.72.242]) by post.strato.de (klopstock mo46) (RZmta 17.20) with ESMTP id D04c75kB2N8IXi ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:10:33 +0100 (MET) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:22:47 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:106459 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> If "concurrent threads" means "threads that can only switch where the >> program lets them", they are very useful in Emacs for the sake of multiple >> terminals. > > I rarely use multiple terminals, and when I use them, the current > restrictions are mostly bearable. OTOH I very often would like to keep > using my Emacs while it's byte-compiling some files, or while Gnus is > fetching some newsgroup. As a user, I would love to see asynchronous processes. However, I would also like to see redisplay+font-locking making use of the four to eight processor cores that will become standard during emacs24's lifetime. Font-locking is a powerful and quite user-accessible feature which is currently limited by processor speed. -- Florian Beck