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Re: User interaction from multiple threads
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: User interaction from multiple threads |
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Sun, 26 Aug 2018 16:43:42 -0400 |
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> I think we are miscommunicating regarding what exactly constitutes
> "asking for input". I assumed you meant low-level functions such as
> wait_reading_process_output, but you seem to be talking about much
> higher-level functions, like read-from-minibuffer.
Right. Because those are the functions that prompt.
Doing it at that level is a possible solution.
I don't insist it is the best solution -- I am not sure what others
there are -- but I think it is worth thinking about.
> > Emacs could add the thread ID at the start of a prompt
> > when there are multiple threads that could be asking for input,
> > such that there is a possibility of confusion.
> >
> > That could avoid lengthening the prompts in the usual cases.
> I don't see how this would solve the problem, since thread IDs will
> always be quite short.
It will still be clutter -- helpful in complex situations, unnecessary
in many simple situations. If it is possible to recognize a common
case and omit the thread IDs, I think lots of users who don't use
threads will appreciate that.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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