Re: How to use http-get properly in code

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org> writes:

> Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ;; The sentinel
>> (defun ef-http-get-sentinel (proc message)
>>   (save-excursion
>>     (set-buffer (process-buffer proc))
>>     (setq ef-response-xml
>>           (xml-parse-region (point-min) (point-max)))))
>
> you are confusing a sentinel and a process output filter.
> the former is called on changes to process state (e.g., hangup).
> this function (above) is an example of the latter.

oops, i was mistaken.  if you are indeed confusing these concepts, that
is not apparent (or at least it is not as apparant as my own confusion
about how to recognize the confusion of others, if there be any).  sorry
about that!  (all the other gnugo plugs are still valid, however. ;-)

a better answer to your overall question would be to suggest checking
MESSAGE to fine-tune the actions of `ef-http-get-sentinel'.  you may
find that `ef-http-get-sentinel' is being called many times.  for those
times when the process is not yet finished (implying that its output is
not yet well-formed), just do nothing.

thi