From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:59:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1CThOb-0003QM-Kt@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sm7cla3k.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> (message from Nic Ferrier on Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:32:47 +0000)
Yes. It would be a completely new way for Emacs to communicate with
Readline programs. But it would still be implemented in comint so that
comint could pick when to use the new method and when to use ordinary
pty communication.
How would comint know when the process reading input is a
readline-using program? Suppose I am talking to bash, which uses
readline. Then I run ftp, which does not use readline.
If comint tries to keep using this new command protocol,
ftp would get totally confused.
There may be a way to resolve this problem.
However, what we want to do here now is make progress towards
a release, not discuss ideas for new features. So I suggest
that those interested in trying to implement this sort of thing
should contact you, and you can discuss the idea outside this list
and see if you can make it work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-15 13:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <E1Bgmxo-0006Bh-0o@monty-python.gnu.org>
2004-07-05 12:06 ` ECB Eric M. Ludlam
2004-07-05 12:53 ` ECB Stefan
[not found] ` <E1BhoWE-0004n3-7k@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <200407061241.i66CfX1w016798@projectile.siege-engine.com>
2004-07-12 23:58 ` ECB Richard Stallman
2004-07-13 0:35 ` Re[2]: ECB Eric M. Ludlam
2004-08-06 23:10 ` transparent emacs Nic Ferrier
2004-08-07 0:12 ` Miles Bader
2004-08-07 1:15 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-08-07 2:27 ` Miles Bader
2004-08-17 17:44 ` Romain Francoise
2004-11-02 13:11 ` GTK emacs (and access to GTK) Nic Ferrier
2004-11-02 13:34 ` David Kastrup
2004-11-02 22:39 ` Jan D.
2004-11-02 22:53 ` David Kastrup
2004-11-02 23:17 ` Jan D.
2004-11-02 22:28 ` Jan D.
2004-11-02 22:41 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-02 22:48 ` Peter Heslin
2004-11-03 9:13 ` Jan D.
2004-11-03 9:34 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-08 23:30 ` a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 0:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-11-09 0:35 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 21:30 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-09 23:12 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-11 3:14 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-11 9:37 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-11 10:49 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-11-11 11:14 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-11 12:18 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-11-11 12:51 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-12 7:05 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-12 10:12 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-12 13:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-13 23:32 ` Stefan
2004-11-12 21:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-12 22:16 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-14 6:01 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-14 15:32 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-15 13:59 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2004-11-13 8:42 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-11-14 6:00 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-08 15:14 ` show-paren-mode stuffed in latest CVS Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 16:12 ` Sam Steingold
2004-11-10 16:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-10 16:22 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 16:22 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-09 16:30 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 16:46 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-11-09 21:35 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-10 0:16 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 17:20 ` Denis Bueno
2004-11-04 1:24 ` java and tag completion Nic Ferrier
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