From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Running processing functions in background Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 12:08:33 +0300 Message-ID: References: <873611iiyw.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32990"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: Help GNU Emacs To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 03 10:11:50 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kkkeU-0008U1-H3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 10:11:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52964 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kkkeS-0001WM-OO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 04:11:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51188) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kkkdL-0001Vx-II for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 04:10:39 -0500 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:60423) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kkkdJ-0006uw-K3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 04:10:39 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.57]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002C0003.000000005FC8AB8A.00000B27; Thu, 03 Dec 2020 09:10:34 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <873611iiyw.fsf@web.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:125880 Archived-At: * Michael Heerdegen [2020-11-22 17:07]: > Jean Louis writes: > > > I have some functions that are blocking Emacs interface > > while they are processing database in background. Functions > > are not interactive. Output goes to dedicated buffer for > > later human review. And I prefer not to use external async > > package. > > > > I would like to have responsive Emacs while running and the > > background function I think to intertwine with > > `run-with-idle-timer' as function is sending emails to the > > mailing list and there is no rush in doing so. > > > > The `make-thread' did work well but interface remain not so > > responsive, it slows down. > > Is that work a bug report? Why does that happen? > > > Is there some other approach when using only Emacs built-in > > functions? > > The only alternative I know are generators and streams; they can be used > together with `while-no-input' or `throw-on-input' to implement > interruptable calculations if you write your program in an appropriate > style, but in my experience it is quite a fiddle. > > emacs-async is not so bad if it's suitable for ones use case. Thank you for that. I could make something so that mailing list is sent from Emacs with (run-with-idle-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION &rest ARGS) and that not many emails are sent, for example 5 instead 500 at once.