From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: michael.albinus@gmx.de, arstoffel@gmail.com,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Buffer-local process environments
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 18:48:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM9PR09MB49778437221D668CB77883CD96C99@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83o89hmvew.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 28 Aug 2021 18:38:31 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
>> Cc: arstoffel@gmail.com, michael.albinus@gmx.de, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
>> emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:27:18 +0200
>>
>> >> (defun emacs-vision--get-date ()
>> >> (let ((lang (concat "LANG=" emacs-vision-locale))
>> >> (lctime (concat "LC_TIME=" emacs-vision-locale)))
>> >> (with-temp-buffer
>> >> (insert
>> >> (shell-command-to-string
>> >> (concat lang lctime " date +'%A, %B %d'")))
>> >> (goto-char (- (point-max) 1))
>> >> (buffer-substring-no-properties
>> >> (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))))
>> >>
>> >> Do I understand correctly, this patch will let me have separate process
>> >> environment, so I could use separate environment variables in subprocess?
>> >
>> > Yes, but that's not what you were asking about, I believe.
>>
>> Now you make me confused again :). I want my process to use different env for
>> LANG and LC_TIME, but Emacs should continue to work with old values. Concretely
>> I want english date string, but my Emacs should continue to use swedish for it's
>> normal use.
>>
>> So if I let-bind, it will be reflected only localy in that let scope, and the
>> subprocess will inherit that local environment too? That is what I want, and why
>> I went via shell command. Forgive me if I am confused. I hope what you said
>> above is what I want :-).
>
> The code above changes the environment only of that single shell
> command. Moreover, it's non-portable: it only works with Posix
Yes, that was what I wanted in this particular case.
> Local
> modifications of process-environment are free from these limitations.
Yes, I'll switch to call-process with let-bind. Thank you.
I used shell as intermediate because I didn't know how modify environment in
process to be create. I really wasn't happy with using shell there. I got it now
thanks :).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-28 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-29 10:56 Buffer-local process environments Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-29 12:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-29 12:40 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-29 12:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-29 13:06 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-29 14:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-29 17:26 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-29 17:34 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-30 7:29 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-30 7:48 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-30 15:19 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-30 15:51 ` Michael Albinus
2021-05-02 6:13 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-05-08 17:51 ` Michael Albinus
2021-05-09 5:06 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-05-09 16:38 ` Michael Albinus
2021-08-28 12:28 ` [PATCH] " Augusto Stoffel
2021-08-28 12:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-28 12:55 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-01 10:42 ` Stephen Leake
2021-09-01 10:56 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-01 22:38 ` Stephen Leake
2021-09-02 7:14 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-09-06 15:17 ` Stephen Leake
2021-08-28 14:06 ` Arthur Miller
2021-08-28 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-28 15:27 ` Arthur Miller
2021-08-28 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-28 16:48 ` Arthur Miller [this message]
2021-08-28 15:39 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-08-28 16:43 ` Arthur Miller
2021-08-28 12:47 ` Michael Albinus
2021-08-28 12:59 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-08-28 13:18 ` Michael Albinus
2021-08-28 13:54 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-08-28 14:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-28 15:19 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-30 15:32 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-30 15:55 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-29 15:37 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-29 17:31 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-29 17:44 ` Michael Albinus
2021-04-30 7:00 ` Augusto Stoffel
2021-04-30 7:25 ` Michael Albinus
2021-05-02 13:45 ` Stephen Leake
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