From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Very interesting analysis of "the state of Emacs" Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:56:30 -0700 Message-ID: <4818F91E.8060204@emf.net> References: <481693C3.70901@emf.net> <4816CDB6.6000006@pajato.com> <4817D79F.8040508@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209593686 17013 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2008 22:14:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:14:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Eilert , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 01 00:15:21 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JrKa1-00067V-H0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 May 2008 00:15:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59744 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JrKZK-0004Nj-AA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JrKZG-0004NS-Dr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JrKZF-0004Mg-GS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51362 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JrKZF-0004MY-Dt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JrKZB-0005rx-69; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:21 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.114.9] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 29472616; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:14:07 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96248 Archived-At: Richard M Stallman wrote: > Before diving in the merits of whether or not it is possible to add > multi-tasking to Emacs (by that I assume full-blown threads), what are > the problems this is trying to solve? > > Multi-terminal use by more than one user > needs parallelism in order to fully work right. > > > That's brilliant. As GNU Emacs turns attention to competing more strongly as an IDE, one application for that kind of multi-threadedness is (of course) "pair programming". There are many other, perhaps more compelling, examples of the value of multi-user sessions -- but that is one that will be familiar to many, I think. -t