[PATCH v3 1/4] emacs: Asynchronous retrieval of GPG keys

[David Bremner]

David Edmondson <dme at dme.org> writes:

> Rather than blocking emacs while gpg does its' thing, by default run
> key retrieval asynchronously, possibly updating the display of the
> message on successful completion.
> ---
>  emacs/notmuch-crypto.el | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-crypto.el b/emacs/notmuch-crypto.el
> index fc2b5301..c20fd4f8 100644
> --- a/emacs/notmuch-crypto.el
> +++ b/emacs/notmuch-crypto.el
> @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ mode."
>    :package-version '(notmuch . "0.25")
>    :group 'notmuch-crypto)
>  
> +(defcustom notmuch-crypto-get-keys-asynchronously t
> +  "Retrieve gpg keys asynchronously."
> +  :type 'boolean
> +  :group 'notmuch-crypto)
> +

Sorry for the long delay. Should this have a :package-version key like
the defcustom right about it?

> +	 (buffer (get-buffer-create "*notmuch-crypto-gpg-out*")))
> +    (if notmuch-crypto-get-keys-asynchronously
> +	(progn
> +	  (notmuch-crypto--set-button-label
> +	   button (format "Retrieving key %s asynchronously..." keyid))
> +	  (let ((p (make-process :name "notmuch GPG key retrieval"
> +				 :buffer buffer
> +				 :command (list epg-gpg-program "--recv-keys" keyid)
> +				 :connection-type 'pipe
> +				 :sentinel #'notmuch-crypto--async-key-sentinel
> +				 ;; Create the process stopped so that
> +				 ;; we have time to store the key id,
> +				 ;; etc. on it.
> +				 :stop t)))

Using make-process unconditionally seems to require emacs 25. I think
we're still trying to support Emacs 24. That can always change, but I
still haven't merged Tomi's patch officially deprecating emacs 23.