Re: [PATCH] Perform mail polling asynchronously

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Perform mail polling asynchronously

Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:02:43 +0000

To: Antono Vasiljev, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Edmondson


On Mon,  5 Sep 2011 07:14:36 +0300, Antono Vasiljev <self@antono.info> wrote:
>   * reimplemented notmuch-poll(&optional callback) so that it
>     calls process asynchronously and run callback after process
>     finished
>   * changed usage of notmuch-poll in notmuch-hello-poll-and-update
>     and notmuch-search-poll-and-refresh-view

I don't understand the real purpose of this patch.

If the poll script runs asynchronously, won't the notmuch-search output
refresh and jump into my face when I'm busy doing something else? And,
if I'm not busy doing something else, why can't I just wait for the poll
script to complete?
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