GNU bug report logs - #38807
[Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.

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From: arthur miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
Cc: "38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "michael.albinus <at> gmx.de" <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Subject: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 14:19:40 +0000

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Skickat från min Samsung Galaxy-smartphone.



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>  2. the display engine prepares the glyph matrix
>  3. convert the glyph matrix to bitmap and display it
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>  I think lots of work are in 2.
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>  Actually, 3 is also a lot of work.
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> Then 3 can be done in a separate thread from 2 and 1?

> How would that help?  Until 3 is done, the user doesn't see the

Couldn't prepare and converting to bitmap, inclusive rendering the bitmap bo done in a separate thread from displaying the same?

Of course, displaying can not be done until previous work has finished, so I don't know if Emacs could interleave the work with something else useful?

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