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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: mrsebastianurban@gmail.com, 36296@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36296: 26.2; cannot-suspend value on MS Win & resume description
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 12:52:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wnvu8znn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k0ruwxfz.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sat,  30 Jan 2021 11:06:40 +0100)

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 11:06:40 +0100
> Cc: 36296@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > on MS Windows (official build) variable `cannot-suspend' has value
> > `nil', while according to this thread on help-gnu-emacs:
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-0/msg00259.html
> > probably should have value `t'.
> 
> PROBLEMS says:
> 
> *** C-z just refreshes the screen instead of suspending Emacs.
> 
> You are probably using a shell that doesn't support job control, even
> though the system itself is capable of it.  Either use a different shell,
> or set the variable 'cannot-suspend' to a non-nil value.
> 
> --------
> 
> I'm not very familiar with how this works under Windows, but from the
> text there, it sounds like it depends on the shell, so Emacs can't
> really default the variable to t just based on the OS?  Or is this
> always the case on Windows (that `C-z' doesn't work?)

IMNSHO, this is a subtle bug on MS-Windows that needs to be
investigated and fixed; the code looked okay to me last time I looked.
I don't have time to work on it, and the feature is very unimportant
on MS-Windows, so volunteers and patches are welcome, but documenting
this as a "feature" is IMO not TRT.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-30 10:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-19 17:50 bug#36296: 26.2; cannot-suspend value on MS Win & resume description Sebastian Urban
     [not found] ` <handler.36296.B.156096666022323.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
2019-08-04 12:09   ` Sebastian Urban
2021-01-30 10:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-30 10:52   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-01-31  7:25     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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