GNU bug report logs - #12450
Remove configure's --without-sync-input option.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, 12450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12450: Remove configure's --without-sync-input option.
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:18:59 -0400

I have a vague memory that the sync input code had an important flaw
-- that for certain display-updating tasks (perhaps
mouse-highlighting) it could cause a delay until Emacs was read to
accept input, which the other code could do instantly.

I don't know if this is true now, and I'm not sure of the memory at all.
But it would be good to investigate this question.
Maybe there is a way to fix the problem.

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