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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: call-process blocks the active thread
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>> As it turns out, ‘call-process’ hangs all of Emacs while the external
>> program is run.
> No, it hangs the calling thread, and the other threads wait for the
> calling thread to yield.  To avoid that, use start-process instead.
> This is not a bug.

I think we shouldn't consider this as a bug report but as
a feature request.


        Stefan