GNU bug report logs - #38035
27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable

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Message #29 received at 38035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 38035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can
 render Emacs unusable
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:03:38 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: rms <at> gnu.org,  38035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 17:39:53 +0100
> 
> Bu I do wonder about the need for the sleep when signalling errors from
> a process filter in particular.  For instance
> 
> (run-at-time 1 1 (lambda () (error)))
> 
> doesn't pause Emacs at all, but just displays the error as normal, which
> seems, well, more normal to me.  What's so special about filter errors
> that you have to pause Emacs?

I guess the idea was to make sure the message is seen, not obscured
right away.

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