From: Peter Dean <laszlomail@protonmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "drew.adams@oracle.com" <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
"stefankangas@gmail.com" <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
"larsi@gnus.org" <larsi@gnus.org>,
"dgutov@yandex.ru" <dgutov@yandex.ru>,
"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:29:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YqkPoRgwXonbu_jbsN-ejH6BHhONIae6mIBUJdZrgqGJf6uoKGXY0JYXpg22lCCpot64h2UzuOzYF4CfVFmOO_M5EidGRAmr3tIRyWjM5-E=@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83eeh6vmg2.fsf@gnu.org>
On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 4:22 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> I suggest that you try using threads for such purposes. Because it's
> easier said than done, and IME this kind of jobs is not something for
> which Lisp threads, as currently implemented, are suitable.
Isn't it a kind of async task for which threads would be ideal, provided
the thread takes care of yielding often to keep the UI going?
What is it in Elisp threads which make them unsuitable for this? What
kind of problems do you think of?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-23 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-22 18:37 Would you say this information window is well designed? Peter Dean
2021-02-22 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 19:23 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-22 19:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 20:28 ` Joost Kremers
2021-02-22 21:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-22 21:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-22 22:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-23 0:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-23 5:34 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-23 5:46 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-23 5:54 ` Peter Dean
2021-02-23 15:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-23 15:29 ` Peter Dean [this message]
2021-02-23 16:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-23 17:32 ` Peter Dean
2021-02-23 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-23 17:59 ` Peter Dean
2021-02-23 18:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-23 19:36 ` Peter Dean
2021-02-23 19:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-23 21:58 ` Peter Dean
2021-02-24 3:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-27 21:44 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-28 17:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-01 5:22 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-23 5:44 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-23 14:18 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-23 15:44 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-23 16:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-02-23 16:28 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-22 21:19 ` Stefan Kangas
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