RE: Problem with `while-no-input'

[klaus.berndl]

Kim F. Storm wrote:
> <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> I tried this with Emacs 22.0.50.1 compiled on 29.1.2006 for
>> Windows.... 
> 
> It works fine on
> 
> GNU Emacs 22.0.50.69 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll
> bars) of 2006-03-08 on kfs-l.imdomain.dk 
> 
> Maybe windoze doesn't have some form of async input processing, so
> maybe it cannot see if input arrives while it is running lisp code. 

Well - could be, do not know - but is the `while-no-input' not intended
to work on each os supported by Emacs? AFAIK Emacs supports Windows...;-)

I assume not while-no-input but the underlying `throw-on-input' mechanism
at c-level is the root of the problem, isn't it?

klaus