>> On GNU and Unix, quitting happens immediately in the signal handler.
>> That is what immediate_quit is for.
>> Apparently immediate_quit does not work on Windows, or at least
>> someone thinks it does not, and implemented an alternate way to
>> quit instantly from the regexp search.
> That answers the first and third question. What about the second?
> Sure it is safe--that's what immediate_quit will do in the signal handler.
But the OP's backtrace seem to indicate that it runs elisp code (via
process filters). Does immediate_quit do that as well?
> then try to interrupt the search with C-g. In my case at least it
> doesn't work. Maybe it's because immediate_quit doesn't work, or
> maybe it's because immediate_quit is not used in this case, but in any
> case I find this behavior to be a problem.
> Is the immediate_quit mechanism working at all in your copy?
I wouldn't know, since I'm not really sure it should do. The test I sent
was run under GNU/Linux with a vanilla Emacs-CVS.
Stefan
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