Re: Gap buffer problem?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:13:41 +0100, Gerd Möllmann 
>>>>> <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com> said:

    Gerd> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
    >>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
    >>> Cc: "Pip Cet via \"Emacs development discussions.\"" 
<emacs-devel@gnu.org>,
    >>> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
    >>> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:33:18 +0100
    >>> 
    >>> Pip Cet <pipcet@protonmail.com> writes:
    >>> 
    >>> > This may be a very stupid idea, but why not use a separate process?
    >>> 
    >>> Not stupid at all. I thought about something similar in a different
    >>> context, namely if one could decouple the GUI part of Emacs from the
    >>> rest.
    >> 
    >> If it can be done by two processes, it can also be done by two threads
    >> in the same process.  Right?

    Gerd> Yes, I think so.

But then you have to throw a lock over all the memory in the
non-display thread that might affect redisplay (although come to think
of it, youʼd probably need that even when using fork)

Robert
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