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: [Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE: popd in tcsh fails] Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 15:50:38 +0200 Message-ID: <85vf2g35ch.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <3BD964BFBD32F743B1F738A249368ABD0181C8E6@nh2mail01.in.bosch.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1123509645 27645 80.91.229.2 (8 Aug 2005 14:00:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 14:00:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 08 16:00:39 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E28AC-00042k-Op for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 15:59:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E28DD-0006TU-Dp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:02:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E28C8-0005q7-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:01:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E28C2-0005lm-1Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:01:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E28Bz-0005j8-5l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:01:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E28Fm-0001BY-6Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:05:22 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E27zf-0004lN-2c; Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:48:45 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id B99F01C4CE29; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 15:50:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Dhruva Krishnamurthy (RBIN/EDI3) *" In-Reply-To: <3BD964BFBD32F743B1F738A249368ABD0181C8E6@nh2mail01.in.bosch.com> (Dhruva Krishnamurthy's message of "Mon, 8 Aug 2005 18:52:21 +0530") 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:41710 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:41710 "Dhruva Krishnamurthy (RBIN/EDI3) *" writes: > I do not know what exactly needs to be tested. However, I did > the following. > > 1. Usng CVS Emacs on SOLARIS > 2. tcsh 6.11.00 Version > 3. I enabled the customized variables. Not the minor-modes and other > locale info (I do not know how to set those stuff) > 4. Set "tcsh" as default shell > > Case 1: > 1. Invoked "shell" and got into "tcsh" shell in Emacs > 2. Changed into some folder > 3. Did a "pushd ." > 4. Changed to some other folder > 5. Did a "popd" > 6. I got back to the folder what I had done a "pushd". This is as > expected > > Case 2: > 1. Invoked "shell" and got into "tcsh" shell in Emacs > 2. Changed into some folder ex: /home/blah/bin > 3. Did a "pushd /home/blah/stub/src/" > 4. The PWD is "/home/blah/stub/src/" > 4. Changed to some other folder > 5. Did a "popd" > 6. I go to "/home/blah/bin" > 7. The same happens in a tcsh in console window and also BASH shell. > > What am I missing in my testing? Whether Emacs' idea of the current directory agrees with that of the shell. This is important, for example, for path completion. You can check by using C-x C-f and see whether Emacs offers the now current directory as the default. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum