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27.1; wedged in redisplay again

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Emacs-hacker2018 <at> jovi.net, 45898 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45898: 27.1; wedged in redisplay again
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:02:06 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I don't think it's a very good idea to switch buffers behind user's
> back.  It is better to tell the user there's a problem and let them do
> whatever is right for them.
>
> But yes, we could also consider something like that -- if we find a
> safe way of doing it.

The scenario here is that the user is hitting `C-g' repeatedly while in
redisplay, so it's not exactly behind the user's back...

Finding a safe way to interrupt redisplay is the problem, though.

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