From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: called by a process filter? Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 20:55:32 +0200 Message-ID: <85is1n7y6z.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <874qd95xet.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116016081 10495 80.91.229.2 (13 May 2005 20:28:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 20:28:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 13 22:28:00 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DWgko-0005lh-4d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 22:27:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DWgtr-0000Ed-Gz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:36:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DWgSv-0004WF-Ro for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:08:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DWgSv-0004W3-EW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:08:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DWgSv-0004Pc-A9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:08:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DWgWb-0002Am-Mx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:12:45 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DWgPT-0001Iy-Tk; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:05:24 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 13AF41C460A0; Fri, 13 May 2005 20:55:33 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Kevin Rodgers In-Reply-To: (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Fri, 13 May 2005 11:46:30 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:37095 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37095 Kevin Rodgers writes: > Kim F. Storm wrote: > > Kevin Rodgers writes: > >>There certainly is a better way, suggested on gnu.emacs.sources several > >>years ago by Dave Love, but I haven't had the time to properly > >>generalize it. What I'd like to do right now is help someone using my > >>legacy code, with a patch to work around this problem. > > > > Asking for a change to emacs internals to support your legacy code > > isn't a good reason in itself. And it won't fix the problem for > > users using older emacs releases. > > Sorry for confusing my 2 separate requests: > > 1. How to detect that a process filter is running, in Emacs 21, so that > I can help someone still using my legacy code. I should have posted > that question to gnu.emacs.help. Sounds more sensible to change the legacy code rather than the non-legacy Emacs. Since you have not so far volunteered any code as far as I remember following the discussion, this would require more information. A pointer to the code appears appropriate. My apologies if this has already been given, and I forgot or overlooked it. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum