bug#46003: prolog-mode: inferior prolog process not available when prolog-inferior-mode-hook is run

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

k3tu0isui@gmail.com writes:

> I assume this was required because (prolog-inferior-mode) sets up the
> variables required for (prolog-program-name) and (prolog-program-switches).

Those are computed before we enter prolog-inferior-mode, though...  Oh,
because you've fixed that in an earlier applied patch.

> If the relevant variables are inherited from the buffer from which
> run-prolog is called then, this bug fix[1] will remove this dependency
> and prolog-inferior-mode can be activated after the process is
> created.
>
> [1]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=45795

OK, then I'm applying this patch to Emacs 29, which should fix this bug
report:

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el b/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el
index 8382c4bd09..9598209f5e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/prolog.el
@@ -1355,8 +1355,6 @@ prolog-ensure-process
         (error "This Prolog system has defined no interpreter"))
     (unless (comint-check-proc "*prolog*")
       (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*prolog*")
-        (prolog-inferior-mode)
-
         ;; The "INFERIOR=yes" hack is for SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 and earlier,
         ;; which assumes it is running under Emacs if either INFERIOR=yes or
         ;; if EMACS is set to a nonempty value.  The EMACS setting is
@@ -1369,6 +1367,7 @@ prolog-ensure-process
 	         (cons "INFERIOR=yes" process-environment))))
 	  (apply 'make-comint-in-buffer "prolog" (current-buffer)
 	         pname nil pswitches))
+        (prolog-inferior-mode)
 
         (unless prolog-system
           ;; Setup auto-detection.



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