Matt <m...@excalamus.com> writes: > > Note that we already have a WIP an asynchronous API in the works. > > Check out `org-async-call' in > > https://code.tecosaur.net/tec/org-mode/src/branch/dev/lisp/org-macs.el#L377 > > If possible, we should reuse it. > > :O > > - What's the status?
Finalizing. > - Anything I could help with? Check https://github.com/tecosaur/org-latex-preview-todos/issues/ > - Are there any notes or supplements that go along with it? Docstring should detail the API. >> I have several general questions: >> >> - what if append/prepend to result asynchronously? >> - what if we replace the result, call async evaluation two times, and they >> arrive in opposite order (first called is calculated after the second)? >> - on failure, Org babel sometimes uses ~org-babel-eval-error-notify~. How >> will it interact with asynchronous evaluation? What if we have multiple >> simultaneously arriving error notifications? >> Example: try running >> #+begin_src bash >> idontexist >> #+end_src > > Are these open questions for the `org-async-call' implementation? No. These are about the patch. And have nothing to do with `org-async-call', which is just a way to call and queue async processes. `org-async-call' was written for async latex preview, but its interface should be generic enough to be reused for babel. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
