From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: last try (was: while-no-input)
Date: 03 Nov 2002 02:04:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5xvg3flazb.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200211020407.gA2472v07516@rum.cs.yale.edu>
"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu> writes:
> > C-g is pretty much like an error even if not exactly.
> > Quitting is not an anomaly, but it is not normal.
> > The arrival of more input is normal.
>
> Not while you're inside `while-no-input'. In the cases where I want
> to use it, the arrival of user input is definitely not normal:
> the code within while-no-input should normally run to completion
> before the user hits a key.
> And the code run inside `while-no-input' (typically tramp or ange-ftp)
> usually has no idea that it might be interrupted by some keyboard input,
> so such an occurrence is (for the running code) definitely not normal.
Exactly!!
>
> > Please don't ask me to spend more time on this.
> > I have lots of other work to do, and I've made the decision.
>
> But this decision is just wrong.
I agree with Stefan.
Richard, if you don't want to spend time thinking more about this,
please leave the decision to Stefan who has spend a lot of time on
this, and IMO has the right approach here.
> PS: Kim, if you want this feature, you're probably better off
> doing the remaining work, because I'm fed up with this arguing.
I really think we need while-no-input, but while I can understand
Stefan's approach, I simply don't understand what Richard wants to be
done here, so I'm not the right person to ask to do that.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-03 1:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-01 21:19 while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-02 19:24 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-02 21:43 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-03 13:28 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-03 15:53 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-03 22:44 ` while-no-input Kim F. Storm
2002-10-03 22:33 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-04 15:46 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-04 15:59 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-05 16:33 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-24 0:06 ` while-no-input Kim F. Storm
2002-10-24 7:20 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-24 10:24 ` while-no-input Kim F. Storm
2002-10-25 5:35 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-25 9:19 ` while-no-input Kim F. Storm
2002-10-26 20:15 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-25 13:44 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-26 20:13 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-29 19:45 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-10-31 17:25 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-10-31 18:03 ` while-no-input Stefan Monnier
2002-11-02 3:32 ` while-no-input Richard Stallman
2002-11-02 4:07 ` last try (was: while-no-input) Stefan Monnier
2002-11-03 1:04 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2002-11-04 12:01 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-03 13:57 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-04 14:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-11-04 23:53 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-11-06 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-06 9:45 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-11-06 17:51 ` last try Kai Großjohann
2002-11-07 15:09 ` Richard Stallman
2002-11-07 15:07 ` last try (was: while-no-input) Richard Stallman
2002-10-05 22:43 ` while-no-input Kim F. Storm
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