GNU bug report logs - #16596
24.3.50; unable to move cursor while newsticker fetching data

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ulf Jasper <ulf.jasper <at> web.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16596: 24.3.50; unable to move cursor while newsticker fetching data
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:16:56 +0200

[Sorry for the late reply]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
> here a big regression compared with emacs-24.3, newsticker seems to
> fetch its data synchronously blocking any movements in its buffer.
> Also I see processes still open and fetching data continuously.
> (I have to kill them manually)
> Well very different behavior compared to emacs-24.3.
>
> Here the relevant config I use for newsticker:
>
> (setq newsticker-frontend 'newsticker-plainview)
> (setq newsticker-retrieval-method 'extern)

External retrieval should be asynchronous.  So there should not be any
blocking.

Does this still happen?
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 71 days ago.

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