From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12450: Remove configure's --without-sync-input option. Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:18:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <50543449.1070306@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1347747601 22880 80.91.229.3 (15 Sep 2012 22:20:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, 12450@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 16 00:20:05 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0ia-0001E8-Cn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:20:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33064 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0iW-00074o-Ef for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:20:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59969) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0iU-00074Y-0t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:19:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0iT-00065F-4H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:19:57 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54575) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0iS-000657-VR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:19:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0jV-00049J-Ol for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:21:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12450 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12450-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12450.134774760915888 (code B ref 12450); Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:21:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12450) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Sep 2012 22:20:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35888 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0ie-00048C-Kc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:20:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:55788) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0ic-000487-54 for 12450@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:20:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TD0hX-0007c6-C5; Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:18:59 -0400 In-reply-to: <50543449.1070306@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:54:49 -0700) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64376 Archived-At: I have a vague memory that the sync input code had an important flaw -- that for certain display-updating tasks (perhaps mouse-highlighting) it could cause a delay until Emacs was read to accept input, which the other code could do instantly. I don't know if this is true now, and I'm not sure of the memory at all. But it would be good to investigate this question. Maybe there is a way to fix the problem. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call