Re: emacsclient in elisp

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Yes, synchronously reading from stdin is supported. But it is not
>> possible to do this asynchronously, or is it? This was specifically the
>> functionality I have been looking for.
> What do you mean by that? how can Emacs read input _asynchronously_
> when reading is inherently a synchronous operation?

I think the problem is that in batch mode, `read-from-minibuffer` is not
only synchronous (which is fine) but it doesn't perform any async
processing, like running process filters and timers while waiting for
the input from stdin.


        Stefan