[Haskell-cafe] Yi documentation

[Mateusz Kowalczyk]

On 17/02/14 23:02, Roman Cheplyaka wrote:
> * Mateusz Kowalczyk <fuuzetsu at fuuzetsu.co.uk> [2014-02-17 22:50:31+0000]
>> On 17/02/14 22:25, David Thomas wrote:
>>> Vim doesn't do concurrency either, so that wouldn't be a regression.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, but it does single thread scheduling to compensate (as does emacs)
>> while Yi doesn't which means implementing quickfix (and other modes)
>> isn't too viable without halting the whole editor.
> 
> I have to admit I'm surprised.
> 
> The lack of (true) concurrency is, in my opinion, the single most
> salient architectural problem in both vim and emacs. I'd definitely
> expect Yi to tackle that.
> 
> Roman
> 

I was surprised when I found out as well. There are definitely plans to
implement it. If Haskell takes part in this year's GSOC, I hope to put
together a proposal which amongst some other things includes concurrency
support for Yi.

So yes, we definitely plan on tackling that.

-- 
Mateusz K.