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: 05 Dec 2003 15:46:28 +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> <4nllpt3hr3.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bad69zd43.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4noeuon378.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bptf4ebw8.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4nu14ggwvq.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bd6b4dw8t.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4n1xrjxydt.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070635743 17246 80.91.224.253 (5 Dec 2003 14:49:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 14:49:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 15:49:00 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 1ASHGO-0007DJ-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:49:00 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASHGO-0005MJ-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:49:00 +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 1ASICN-0008U9-UQ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:48:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASIC1-0008Tk-RH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:48:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1ASIBR-0008MP-TK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:48:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.80.160.111] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1ASIBR-0008Lf-6g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:47:57 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hB5EkTtM011535 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:46:30 +0100 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hB5EkTTQ011531; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:46:29 +0100 Original-To: Ted Zlatanov In-Reply-To: <4n1xrjxydt.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> 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:18421 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18421 Ted Zlatanov writes: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2003, mast@lysator.liu.se wrote: > > > Reading or writing are blocking operations, so they would be > > executed in parallel anyway. > > Right, but if the read or write don't need to block the UI thread, > why should they? Take for example auto-save files. When I'm > editing a large document on a NFS filesystem, Emacs often will pause > completely while auto-saving the document. If a separate thread or > process could auto-save the document while I could keep working, > that would be very nice. It wouldn't add new functionality, but it > would improve the user experience. And just version of the buffer would it autosave when I was allowed to edit the file _while_ it was saving it? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum