From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gnuplot vs. emacs' compile command Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 15:04:28 +0200 (MET DST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054041989 19157 80.91.224.249 (27 May 2003 13:26:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 13:26:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue May 27 15:26:28 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 19KeSZ-0004w0-00 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 15:25:47 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19KegH-0000uC-00 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 15:39:57 +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 19KeOy-0000rb-Do for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 09:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19KeIa-0006z8-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 09:15:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Ke8d-0004qf-Rl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 09:05:12 -0400 Original-Received: from acaxp7.physik.rwth-aachen.de ([137.226.32.203] helo=acaxp6.physik.rwth-aachen.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Ke8a-0004bo-O8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 May 2003 09:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (broeker@localhost) by acaxp6.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA15495 for ; Tue, 27 May 2003 15:04:28 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: acaxp6.physik.rwth-aachen.de: broeker owned process doing -bs Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: 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:14318 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14318 On Tue, 27 May 2003, Richard Stallman wrote: > > What I'm less sure about is whether the wait loop for this subshell > > should affect all the rest of Emacs, too. > > What alternative do you have in mind? None in particular, unfortunately. > We're talking about a synchronous subprocess, which means that Emacs > waits for it to finish. Hmmm... some imaginary demon keeps shouting "multithreading!" in my ear, but I have no idea whether that's even remotely feasible. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.