From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gnuplot vs. emacs' compile command Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 19:19:54 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3ECE499C.481FF0C0@physik.rwth-aachen.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1053819023 7202 80.91.224.249 (24 May 2003 23:30:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 23:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun May 25 01:30:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19JiSj-0001rb-00 for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 01:30:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19JifB-0005Cu-00 for ; Sun, 25 May 2003 01:42:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19JiSe-0008H2-D1 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:30:00 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19JiMb-0005MC-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19JiM9-00056M-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:23:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19JiIu-0004EZ-81 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:19:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 19JiIs-0007fP-I5; Sat, 24 May 2003 19:19:54 -0400 Original-To: Hans-Bernhard Broeker In-reply-to: <3ECE499C.481FF0C0@physik.rwth-aachen.de> (message from Hans-Bernhard Broeker on Fri, 23 May 2003 18:17:32 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14211 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14211 gnuplot end of the problem should be fixed. It remains somewhat worrying, though, that Emacs would be so irresponsive while waiting for the subprocess to end --- not that many newbies would have known to try Ctrl-G to break it out of its busy-looping state. It is not so bad as all that. Many things in Emacs can loop, and people need to know about C-g. That doesn't mean there is no room for improvement here. Perhaps Emacs should use a different criterion. But I am not sure what it should be. (Currently it waits for all writers to close the pipe, and then for termination of the original process.)