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Crash reading from minibuffer with icomplete-mode

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Message #197 received at 9087 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: claudio.bley <at> gmail.com, rudalics <at> gmx.at, 9087 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	lekktu <at> gmail.com, jasonr <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9087: Crash reading from minibuffer with icomplete-mode
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:01:28 -0500

>> It's largely an implementation detail of while-no-input, used for
>> non-essential background computations (e.g. icomplete).
> Is it (and while-no-input) supposed to stop prolonged Lisp
> calculations without delay?

Yes, it is supposed to be similar to a C-g, tho a bit less urgent.

> If so, how exactly does that work on X, where (AFAIK) keyboard input
> is not interrupt-driven?

AFAIK it is interrupt driven (and with SYNC_INPUT the interrupt just
sets a flag which is then checked in QUIT).


        Stefan

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