GNU bug report logs - #45117
28.0.50; process-send-string mysteriously exiting non-locally when called from timer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #59 received at 45117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 45117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 28.0.50; process-send-string mysteriously exiting non-locally
 when called from timer
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:44:28 +0200

> From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  45117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:50:33 +0000
> 
> there's a presumably reason we bind inhibit-quit to t in timers
> (Eli?)

The reason, quite obviously, is to prevent user's C-g from aborting
the timer function.
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