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[Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.

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From: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 10:52:59 +0800

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在 2020年1月1日 +0800 PM5:14，Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>，写道：
> HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com> writes:
>
> > 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 can even keep all in emacs currently as the “UI thread”and run
> > another lisp machine for a worker.
>
> I'm not expecting to get a UI thread with all glories it is specified
> for web workers. I would already be happy if we could find a solution
> for supporting user input in a threaded package, as it is discussed in
> bug#25214 and bug#32426.
>
> Best regards, Michael.

The threading support introduced in emacs 26 is cool. But it is too complex when every thread can control UI and interact with user. While the web worker model is much simpler.

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