From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Are there plans for a multi-threaded Emacs? Date: 02 Dec 2003 18:18:01 +0100 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> <33AB7A8C-24D6-11D8-9D12-000A95D9C74C@fugue.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070388549 12600 80.91.224.253 (2 Dec 2003 18:09:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 02 19:09:06 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 1ARExO-0004AR-00 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:09:06 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ARExN-0000iJ-00 for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:09:06 +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 1ARFt5-0000Ph-C2 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:08:43 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARFBi-0004eU-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:23:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ARFAt-0004SM-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:23:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.80.157.135] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1ARFAs-0004RJ-2q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:23:02 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hB2HI3lG001386 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:18:04 +0100 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hB2HI1Rd001382; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:18:01 +0100 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:18288 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18288 Per Abrahamsen writes: > Ted Lemon writes: > > > What is it about Emacs that makes it worth a major rewrite in order > > to make it multithreaded? > > Gnus. gnus-asynchronous's value is nil *If nil, inhibit all Gnus asynchronicity. If non-nil, let the other asynch variables be heeded. You can customize this variable. Defined in `gnus-async'. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum