* src/dispnew.c (sit_for): Return nil when interrupted by process output

Before adbb4eacc2a984c0fc0b65ec761368fd9067d6c5,
`read_and_dispose_of_process_output` called
`record_asynch_buffer_change` which added "artificial" input events
(in the form of BUFFER_SWITCH_EVENTs), causing sit_for to return
Qnil when interrupted by process output.  Without those BUFFER_SWITCH_EVENTs,
sit_for now tends to return Qt when interrupted by process output
making `read_char` believe that we've waited the whole timeout,
As consequence incoming process output tended to cause premature
auto-saving of files (sometimes right after almost every key press).

This patch recovers the previous behavior, which is not ideal
(incoming process output can delay auto-save indefinitely), but has
been good enough for many years.

diff --git a/src/dispnew.c b/src/dispnew.c
index 36a6dd8a091b1ef50082a0f83c98cd367f8cfdfd..e603c67136377d57ca57a2a1213402a912ec8553 100644 (file)
--- a/src/dispnew.c
+++ b/src/dispnew.c
@@ -6049,7 +6049,14 @@ additional wait period, in milliseconds; this is for backwards compatibility.
    READING is true if reading input.
    If DISPLAY_OPTION is >0 display process output while waiting.
    If DISPLAY_OPTION is >1 perform an initial redisplay before waiting.
-*/
+
+   Returns a boolean Qt if we waited the full time and returns Qnil if the
+   wait was interrupted by incoming process output or keyboard events.
+
+   FIXME: When `wait_reading_process_output` returns early because of
+   process output, instead of returning nil we should loop and wait some
+   more (i.e. until either there's pending input events or the timeout
+   expired).  */
 
 Lisp_Object
 sit_for (Lisp_Object timeout, bool reading, int display_option)
@@ -6110,8 +6117,9 @@ sit_for (Lisp_Object timeout, bool reading, int display_option)
   gobble_input ();
 #endif
 
-  wait_reading_process_output (sec, nsec, reading ? -1 : 1, do_display,
-                              Qnil, NULL, 0);
+  int nbytes
+    = wait_reading_process_output (sec, nsec, reading ? -1 : 1, do_display,
+                                  Qnil, NULL, 0);
 
   if (reading && curbuf_eq_winbuf)
     /* Timers and process filters/sentinels may have changed the selected
@@ -6120,7 +6128,7 @@ sit_for (Lisp_Object timeout, bool reading, int display_option)
        buffer to start with).  */
     set_buffer_internal (XBUFFER (XWINDOW (selected_window)->contents));
 
-  return detect_input_pending () ? Qnil : Qt;
+  return (nbytes > 0 || detect_input_pending ()) ? Qnil : Qt;
 }