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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make org-attach-url download function as an option
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 16:01:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnatl9ek.fsf@bzg.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87zhaupfl6.fsf@gmail.com

Hi,

stardiviner <numbchild@gmail.com> writes:

> I found when network is bad and slow, or the download file is big, the
> org-attach-url will suspend Emacs for a long time. User might have to cancel
> downloading, and start again later.

Indeed, this might be annoying.  At the same time, it is not
unreasonable to expect the user to know what size is the contents he
is willing to attach to an Org node.

> I hope to make "org-attach-url" download file asynchronously. But function
> org-attach-attach hardcoded this function for 'url method. Here is a patch to
> make it into an option.

(FWIW, I could not find the patch.)

I think you are on the right track when trying to enhance the 'url
package.  Maybe url-copy-file should be asynchronous and url could
provide url-copy-file-synchronously (to mimic the url-retrieve and
url-retrieve-synchronously pair)?

Until Emacs has a function to copy a URL's contents asynchronously,
I'd rather not add this functionality in Org.

-- 
 Bastien


  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-24 14:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-29 13:49 [PATCH] make org-attach-url download function as an option stardiviner
2020-05-24 14:01 ` Bastien [this message]
2020-05-25  0:12   ` stardiviner
2020-07-15  9:05   ` [QUESTION] " stardiviner
2020-07-16  0:52     ` Ihor Radchenko
2020-07-16 22:54       ` stardiviner
2020-07-16 23:20         ` Ihor Radchenko

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