GNU bug report logs - #5372
Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer

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Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 5372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:39:32 -0400

> It looks like url-retrieve-synchronously is not finished when run in a
> timer.  Is that expected behaviour?
> It looks like it hangs in accept-process-output.

I don't think there's a deep reason why url-retrieve-synchronously can't
run from a timer.  If you find a problem with it, please make a proper
bug report, with the usual detailed information.
Note that url-retrieve-synchronously may block for indefinite amounts of
time waiting for some remote host to answer, so if run from a timer,
you'll need/want with-local-quit (or while-no-input) so the user can
interrupt it if needed.


        Stefan
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