From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Are there plans for a multi-threaded Emacs? Date: 05 Dec 2003 08:06:23 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87oevbes4h.fsf@emacswiki.org> <20031117040607.C6C5D79B72@server2.messagingengine.com> <87ekvpx18d.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <4nad6cikxy.fsf@holmes.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nllpt3hr3.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bad69zd43.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4noeuon378.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4ny8tsgxy6.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nhe0ggv0u.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nk75bwjaf.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070629645 4557 80.91.224.253 (5 Dec 2003 13:07:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:07:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 14:07:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASFg0-00010W-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:07:21 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASFg0-00034k-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:07:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASGdD-0004YH-Kw for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:08:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASGd4-0004Vs-Uz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:08:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASGcY-0004O1-1b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:08:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.245.84.69] (helo=colo.agora-net.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1ASGcX-0004Nr-GV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 09:07:49 -0500 Original-Received: from ttn by colo.agora-net.com with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 1ASFf5-0006Tf-00; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:06:23 -0500 Original-To: Ted Zlatanov In-Reply-To: Ted Zlatanov's message of "Fri, 05 Dec 2003 07:17:28 -0500" Original-Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18414 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18414 Ted Zlatanov writes: Specifically in the context of Emacs, I do not know the internals well enough to judge that. I hope I can help with the work in any way I can, no matter what the eventual "multithreading or not" decision is. the decision is made by whoever does the work, so if you decide to do it, you need to research the internals (such as by participating in this thread :-). so far so good. it seems to me you are on the right track even if you don't know how far it is to the station... personally, i would like to see a "multi-threaded emacs" page on the emacs wiki where thoughts and links to thoughts can accumulate [surf surf] wow -- even as i ponder this, there is already such a page! so, it is now up to you to practice your organizational skills. the question is not "why should it be done?" but "who will do it?" thi