* called by a process filter?
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@ 2005-05-11 20:06 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2005-05-11 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Ooops, I meant to post to gnu.emacs.help, not .devel. Followup-To set
to .help.
> Is there a way to tell whether a function was called via process filter?
>
> I have a function that is installed on after-change-functions, and which
> tries to detect whether the change that triggered it is a user-invoked
> character insertion and thus of interest. But if the change was done by
> a process filter (in particular gnuserv-process-filter -> gnuserv-eval),
> examining this-command, last-command-event, and/or the result of
> (this-command-keys) is completely unreliable because the process filter
> runs independently of the command loop.
>
> It might be nice if Emacs temporarily bound all the command loop info
> variables to nil while it runs the process filters. But since it
> doesn't seem to, how can I detect that situation?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
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