GNU bug report logs - #12098
Optionally support synchronous operation for `M-x man'

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Message #84 received at 12098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 12098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12098: How to trap errors in man?
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:12:19 +0000

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

>> What if you are running this remotely using TRAMP?  What if you're on a
>> laggy network with an NFS mounted filesystem?  What if your disk is
>> failing and this command takes several seconds to complete?  etc.
>
> No different from any other command that interacts with the disc and is
> normally run synchronously.

Yes, so your entire Emacs session will block.  In other words, less than
satisfactory.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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