From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: signal handling bogosities Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:06:56 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021220220656.GA3527@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040422270 16045 80.91.224.249 (20 Dec 2002 22:11:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 22:11:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PVLx-00049e-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:10:45 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18PVNl-000674-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 23:12:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVJE-0001hf-0B for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:07:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVId-0000gx-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:07:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVIR-0000CU-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:07:10 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18PVIO-00007E-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:07:04 -0500 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18PVIG-0000yv-00; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:06:56 -0500 Original-To: Richard Stallman Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop Original-cc: gerd@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10312 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10312 On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 12:12:24PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > If we handle mouse highlighting by generating input events to do the > work at main program level, then the highlighting won't change when > you move the mouse while Emacs is running a Lisp program. Is that > acceptable? In fact I find it confusing (as a user) that it updates mouse-faces almost always, but most things only when it's `ready'. Since you can't actually _do_ anything until emacs is ready to accept input, it seems much better to have mouse-faces respond similarly to the way the rest of emacs does. Anyway, that's my take. -Miles -- 97% of everything is grunge