From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: no binding to suspend a compilation Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:16:22 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87hdrhhs6x.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1092081452 9955 80.91.224.253 (9 Aug 2004 19:57:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 19:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 09 21:57:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BuGGh-00083A-00 for ; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:57:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BuGKT-0006Yf-8A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:01:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BuGKR-0006WI-28 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:01:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BuGKP-0006Uy-HM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BuGKP-0006U7-EW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:01:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BuGGX-0008NV-5o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-80-63.2-7.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.80.63]:32786 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with asmtp (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.41 #0) id 1BuGG2-000EFg-Ku by authid with plain for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 01:26:56 +0530 Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni1 with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BsvDS-0002Aw-RB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2004 11:16:22 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:8666 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8666 When we hit C-h m in the *compilation* buffer, we don't get the tidy table of keystrokes, just this English blurb about them. Also there is no keystroke to suspend the compilation. To send it a C-z, so to say. I mean I had to go dig up its PID and send it a $ kill -STOP And of course remember also a binding to restart it later. kill-compilation is not always the appropriate choice for stopping things.