From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: multi-threaded Emacs Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87abbiody1.fsf@master.homenet> <877i6l5d8s.fsf@master.homenet> <874p1npvtj.fsf@master.homenet> <87ej0qci8g.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 1228270658 8720 80.91.229.12 (3 Dec 2008 02:17:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 02:17:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Giuseppe Scrivano Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 03 03:18:41 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 1L7hK4-0008WM-O7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:18:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51212 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7hIu-0005Wu-Dj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7hIp-0005Wb-AU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L7hIo-0005WN-Gl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47478 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L7hIo-0005WK-Bd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:22 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:21118 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L7hIl-0005d5-U6; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:17:20 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AswEAOt6NUnO+Jkl/2dsb2JhbACBbdEZgn+BIw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,705,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="30567311" Original-Received: from 206-248-153-37.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([206.248.153.37]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 02 Dec 2008 21:17:17 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9B7AFB400C; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 21:17:16 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87ej0qci8g.fsf@master.homenet> (Giuseppe Scrivano's message of "Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:41:51 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:106486 Archived-At: >> 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. > This is exactly the problem I had when I first thought of threads. > Do you think we can solve it (at least partially) using a concurrent > model? Of course. Even just with cooperative threads. Stefan