From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Make call-process (and start-process?) filename handlers? Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:54:15 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <84isxdpyg5.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <200301102352.h0ANqoK01404@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200301131141.h0DBfrPd021564@beta.mvs.co.il> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042570730 9468 80.91.224.249 (14 Jan 2003 18:58:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:58:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18YWGt-0002S9-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:58:47 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18YWOz-0000UE-00 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:07:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18YWHD-0005vV-01 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:59:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18YWFX-00058Y-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:57:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18YWEK-0004sL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:56:09 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18YWCW-0003nN-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:54:16 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18YWCV-000414-00; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:54:15 -0500 Original-To: ehud@unix.mvs.co.il In-reply-to: <200301131141.h0DBfrPd021564@beta.mvs.co.il> (ehud@unix.mvs.co.il) Original-cc: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de Original-cc: schwab@suse.de X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10723 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10723 I had this problem with my enhancement to compilations (calling `compile-internal'). I solved it by letting the user use the prefix argument (\C-u) to specify a remote compilation. That could be a good approach, since both options are useful. Unfortunately, shell-command already takes a prefix argument.