Re: doc-view.el: about cursor and filename display

[Tassilo Horn]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     I'm not completely sure, but the docs lead me to the impression
>     that I can set `revert-buffer-function' in doc-view buffers to the
>     function that reconverts a file.  In that function I could check
>     for currently running processes and revert/reconvert only if no
>     process is already running.
>
> Is the conversion done asynchronously?

Yes.

> If so, then yes you could easily check this way.  I think the right
> action is to kill the existing process and start a new one, because
> that's what the user asked for.

Yes, that wouldn't be a problem.

> You could also indicate in the mode line that the process is running.

doc-view indicates with a message and in the tooltip that conversion
hasn't finished yet.

Bye,
Tassilo