Re: Using glib's g_file_monitor_file and g_file_monitor_directory

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

>> Currently d-bus messages generate events in the key-event queue, which means
>> that processing of dbus messages may be delayed by processing of key
>> presses.  I think this should be changed to "use a separate queue", just
>> like process events don't go through the key-event queue.
> But doesn't Emacs call 'select' only when no keyboard input is ready?
> If so, process events can also be delayed by processing a key, no?

Process events wait until the next "idle" moment, yes.
But they don't wait until we've processed all key-events that arrived before.

So `accept-process-output' can keep receiving/processing new output even
if the user has already hit the keys that will run the next command.


        Stefan