From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: & and M-& to run programs asynchronously Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:52:34 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <873a9km3fh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <87hcbkpo0e.fsf@gmail.com> <86y74wzeq1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <874p7ifonh.fsf@jurta.org> <873amryzdu.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87iqt9dwtm.fsf@gmail.com> <87zlmfpov5.fsf@jurta.org> <87tz20660j.fsf@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246226040 26342 80.91.229.12 (28 Jun 2009 21:54:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:54:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Daniel Clemente Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 28 23:53:53 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ML2Js-00054K-0D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:53:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54365 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ML2Jr-0004qu-GI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:53:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ML2Jm-0004qp-46 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:53:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ML2Jh-0004qT-Qu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55111 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ML2Jh-0004qN-8T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:53:41 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out3.starman.ee ([85.253.0.5]:44427 helo=smtp-gw1.starman.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ML2Jf-00016d-BV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:53:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mx1.starman.ee (mx1.starman.ee [62.65.192.16]) by smtp-gw1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E13A214CB; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:53:41 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx1.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.55.251.cable.starman.ee [82.131.55.251]) by mx1.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F903F4021; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:53:32 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <87tz20660j.fsf@yahoo.com> (Daniel Clemente's message of "Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:51:08 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:111794 Archived-At: > El jue, sep 11 2008 a les 01:52, Juri Linkov va escriure: >>> This plan was not completed. The next step would be to add M-& which >>> would work like M-! but asynchronously. >>> >>> For a summary of the discussion so far, see the parent thread. >> >> This is already implemented in >> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/99764/focus=101699 >> But we have to wait for the next release. > > Now we have gone through the miserable bureaucracy of waiting almost > 1 year since the patch was written. No, this is not a bureaucracy - we have no enough manpower for the proper bureaucracy ;-) > Could the patch for M-&=async-shell-command be finally checked in? I think `async-shell-command' in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/99764/focus=101699 is just a starting point for implementing more powerful command that accepts more proposed options (like either to display the output buffer or not, etc.) -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/