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: Running processing functions in background Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:53:09 +0300 Message-ID: Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6955"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Help GNU Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 19 12:55:47 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 1kfiXT-0001hA-AG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:55:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33640 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfiXS-0006rj-A9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 06:55:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40384) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfiVb-00069T-1c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 06:53:51 -0500 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:51757) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kfiVZ-0001iz-4u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 06:53:50 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.56]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002C1AE3.000000005FB65CA7.000062F2; Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:53:11 +0000 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=support1@rcdrun.com; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/11/19 06:53:12 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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:125367 Archived-At: 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 there some other approach when using only Emacs built-in functions?