[slimpl] Hello list, and an idea about asynchronous events

[Brad Beveridge]

> What does the list think?  I think we have 4 (or maybe 5) choices:
>
>   - Do blocking waits for all calls to Swank

IMHO, this is the easiest and best thing to do right now - we should
run with it until async problems occur.

>   - Implement an event framework that basically intercepts many Vim
>     commands (typed text, cursor movement) and does event processing
>     before or after them
>   - Fork a separate process that prods Vim (say) 4x/sec via the Vim
>     server channel
>   - See what Brad does with the NetBeans interface

I wouldn't rely on this!!!  :) Though I do have a NB interface going,
perhaps we can use it just for the interrupt?

>   - I'd also like to investigate Perl threading, which could make the
>     whole problem go away.  (This is the "or maybe 5th" option.)
>

Cheers
Brad