Re: What's the problem?

[Jan D.]

> I think making redisplay a separate thread would be one of the more
> useful improvements in Emacs.  The situation where the user clicks
> File->Open from the menu bar and then (under a toolkit), while the
> file-selection box is active, the Emacs display never changes, looks
> like a bug.  (Try moving the file-selection box to a different
> position and observe the blank portions of the Emacs window.)

This has actually been fixed in CVS for some time.  But having redisplay
in a separate thread is still a good idea.

        Jan D.