Re: multi-threaded Emacs

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> I rarely use multiple terminals, and when I use them, the current
>>> restrictions are mostly bearable.  OTOH I very often would like to keep
>>> using my Emacs while it's byte-compiling some files, or while Gnus is
>>> fetching some newsgroup.
>
>> This is exactly the problem I had when I first thought of threads.
>
>> Do you think we can solve it (at least partially) using a concurrent
>> model?
>
> Of course.  Even just with cooperative threads.

Yes, I was referring to the cooperating threads model using a QUIT
macro.  How can it be used by gnus while fetching new data?  Will it
give the control to another thread immediately after the trasfer begins?
I am concentrating on this example because usually when I fetch my
emails, I wish to have threads in Emacs.

Thanks,
Giuseppe