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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: netjune <at> outlook.com, 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web
 workers.
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:19:50 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>,  38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:31:26 +0100
> 
> The point seems to be that there is a dedicated UI thread. That we don't
> have (yet) in Emacs, and I like this idea.

We do have that on MS-Windows.  Except that you'll be surprised how
much of "UI" in Emacs cannot be done in a separate thread, mainly
because the Lisp machine is under such complete control of what the UI
does, and you cannot run several instances of the Lisp machine
simultaneously and asynchronously.
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