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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Message #80 received at 12450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, rms <at> gnu.org, 12450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12450: Remove configure's --without-sync-input option.
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:44:18 +0300

> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:52:35 -0700
> From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, lekktu <at> gmail.com, rms <at> gnu.org, 
>  12450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > OK, but at this point we don't know of any real problems
> > that we'd have by assuming SYNC_INPUT on MS-Windows.
> > SYNC_INPUT is a much simpler model than non-SYNC_INPUT,
> > so this is not surprising.
> 
> The cygw32 port uses SYNC_INPUT on Windows. I've been using it for
> almost a year in one form or another, and I haven't noticed any
> problems.

That's good to know, thanks.

> There might be a few lurking bugs, however: one thing that stands
> out is that w32term.c, unlike xterm.c, sets interrupt_input_pending,
> but doesn't set pending_signals.

Please tell the details about this.
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