I do not know an answer to your question, but would like to point out that make-thread will return immidietealy and all the following code will run before the download finishes:
(run-hook-with-args 'org-attach-after-change-hook attach-dir) (org-attach-tag) (cond ((eq org-attach-store-link-p 'attached)... At least the hooks and org-attach-tag would expect that the file is attached already. Best, Ihor stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> writes: > I got solution for async org-attach-url now. Use `make-thread` for async > downloading is simple. > > Here is the code prototype, but it has a problem, seems `apply` part code does > not really downloading file. I don't know why. Does anybody knows the reason? > > #+begin_src diff > modified lisp/org-attach.el > @@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ (defcustom org-attach-method 'cp > (const :tag "Hard Link" ln) > (const :tag "Symbol Link" lns))) > > +(defcustom org-attach-url-function 'url-copy-file > + "The download file function to use in org-attach-url." > + :type '(choice (const 'url-copy-file)) > + :safe #'functionp > + :group 'org-attach) > + > (defcustom org-attach-expert nil > "Non-nil means do not show the splash buffer with the attach dispatcher." > :group 'org-attach > @@ -503,7 +509,12 @@ (defun org-attach-attach (file &optional visit-dir > method) > ((eq method 'cp) (copy-file file attach-file)) > ((eq method 'ln) (add-name-to-file file attach-file)) > ((eq method 'lns) (make-symbolic-link file attach-file)) > - ((eq method 'url) (url-copy-file file attach-file))) > + ((eq method 'url) (make-thread > + (lambda () > + ;; (url-copy-file file attach-file) > + ;; FIXME This seems does not really download file. > Don't know why. > + (apply org-attach-url-function '(file attach-file))) > + "org-attach-url downloading"))) > (run-hook-with-args 'org-attach-after-change-hook attach-dir) > (org-attach-tag) > (cond ((eq org-attach-store-link-p 'attached) > #+end_src > > Bastien <b...@gnu.org> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> I found when network is bad and slow, or the download file is big, the >>> org-attach-url will suspend Emacs for a long time. User might have to cancel >>> downloading, and start again later. >> >> Indeed, this might be annoying. At the same time, it is not >> unreasonable to expect the user to know what size is the contents he >> is willing to attach to an Org node. >> >>> I hope to make "org-attach-url" download file asynchronously. But function >>> org-attach-attach hardcoded this function for 'url method. Here is a patch >>> to >>> make it into an option. >> >> (FWIW, I could not find the patch.) >> >> I think you are on the right track when trying to enhance the 'url >> package. Maybe url-copy-file should be asynchronous and url could >> provide url-copy-file-synchronously (to mimic the url-retrieve and >> url-retrieve-synchronously pair)? >> >> Until Emacs has a function to copy a URL's contents asynchronously, >> I'd rather not add this functionality in Org. > > > -- > [ stardiviner ] > I try to make every word tell the meaning that I want to express. > > Blog: https://stardiviner.github.io/ > IRC(freenode): stardiviner, Matrix: stardiviner > GPG: F09F650D7D674819892591401B5DF1C95AE89AC3 > -- Ihor Radchenko, PhD, Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-nano) State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China Email: yanta...@gmail.com, ihor_radche...@alumni.sutd.edu.sg
