Re: Simulating a multithreaded Emacs with creative lisp..

[Kevin A. Burton]

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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     One of the major problems with Emacs is that it is not multithreaded.  If 
> you
>     call a synchronous function your entire Emacs is locked up until it 
> finishes.
> 
> That is true.  It would be very useful to make Emacs multithreaded, but it's a
> big job.  So we are waiting for someone to do it.

It isn't only a big job... it is a HUGE job.  Certainly larger in scope that
can be handled any time soon.

> Using multiple separate processes is not likely to work.  The communication
> would be too hard.

Did you read my email?

I don't think the communication would be that hard (and I made a proposal
detailing this).

All that needs to be sent is buffer lists, customization variables, etc.  This
wouldn't be too hard...

> Using separate system-level threads is not likely to work either, because
> Emacs has to allow thread-switching only when it could safely call a Lisp
> program.

<snip/>

Kevin

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