tcl/expect in inferior-tcl buffer

tcl/expect in inferior-tcl buffer

[gamename]

Hi,

I use the "inferior-tcl" buffer quite a bit for interactively running
code snippets.   I set my tcl application variable in my .emacs to
this:

(tcl-application "/usr/bin/expect")

and it will cause "expect" to run when I do:

M-x inferior-tcl

This starts the "inferior-tcl" buffer.  From there, I simply copy/paste
code fragments into the buffer for testing purposes.  It comes in
really handy for quick testing/prototyping.

Unfortunately, some tcl errors will cause the process to exit, and I
get the message:

"Process inferior-tcl finished"

Is there any way to automatically restart tcl/expect in the buffer so
that I don't have to close and reopen it?  

TIA,
-Tennis

Re: tcl/expect in inferior-tcl buffer

[Kevin Rodgers]

gamename wrote:
 > I use the "inferior-tcl" buffer quite a bit for interactively running
 > code snippets.   I set my tcl application variable in my .emacs to
 > this:
 >
 > (tcl-application "/usr/bin/expect")
 >
 > and it will cause "expect" to run when I do:
 >
 > M-x inferior-tcl
 >
 > This starts the "inferior-tcl" buffer.  From there, I simply copy/paste
 > code fragments into the buffer for testing purposes.  It comes in
 > really handy for quick testing/prototyping.
 >
 > Unfortunately, some tcl errors will cause the process to exit, and I
 > get the message:
 >
 > "Process inferior-tcl finished"
 >
 > Is there any way to automatically restart tcl/expect in the buffer so
 > that I don't have to close and reopen it?

inferior-tcl runs tcl-application via comint, so perhaps you could
install a process sentinel in inferior-tcl-mode-hook that restarts it.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: tcl/expect in inferior-tcl buffer

[gamename]

Thanks!  That makes sense.  Can you point me to any examples of that,
or something similar?

TIA,
-T