Re: BUFFER_SWITCH_EVENT (was: while-no-input interrupted by *shell*)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:25:50 -0400
> 
> I do wonder what these BUFFER_SWITCH_EVENT are for, tho.
> In record_asynch_buffer_change it says:
> 
>   /* We don't need a buffer-switch event unless Emacs is waiting for input.
>      The purpose of the event is to make read_key_sequence look up the
>      keymaps again.  If we aren't in read_key_sequence, we don't need one,
>      and the event could cause trouble by messing up (input-pending-p).
>      Note: Fwaiting_for_user_input_p always returns nil when async
>      subprocesses aren't supported.  */
> 
> but I don't see why we'd need to look up the keymaps again.

To find buffer-local bindings?