Re: User interaction from multiple threads

["Elias Mårtenson" <lokedhs@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, 15 Aug 2018, 21:11 Michael Albinus, <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:

>
> But this wasn't the point. I just wanted to show that the proposed
> behavior (new frame for every thread with user input) could result in
> surprises.
>

But if the user really fires off 250 threads, then it makes sense that they
get that many frames. After all, this is a computer and they are supposed
to do what you tell them to do.

In any case, just magically switching focus to a y-or-n-p that was called
in a different thread sounds like it could be incredibly error prone.

Imagine if you're typing in a buffer and you're writing a word that has the
letter y in it. As you are about to insert the y into the buffer, a
background thread asks "are you sure you want to delete all your files?".

Even if you check the minibuffer before you type every key, the thread
could still steal focus just before you type a key.

I don't care much about how this is implemented, but I certainly would not
want focus to be switched off without warning.

Regards,
Elias

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