elisp to run a new shell and insert commands?

elisp to run a new shell and insert commands?

[gredner]

Hi all,

I am writing a short elisp script to setup a workspace with a
particular configuration.  As part of the setup, I would like the
script to run a new shell (i.e. via M-x shell), and then insert a
command into the shell to setup some variables.  I feel like this
should be possible, but the documentation I have read does not mention
any such functionality.  Does it exist?

Thanks,
-Gabe

Re: elisp to run a new shell and insert commands?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 05.03.2007 um 16:02 schrieb gredner@gmail.com:

> As part of the setup, I would like the
> script to run a new shell (i.e. via M-x shell), and then insert a
> command into the shell to setup some variables.  I feel like this
> should be possible, but the documentation I have read does not mention
> any such functionality.  Does it exist?

Yes, there is a way to achieve such things: ~/.emacs_<login shell>.

I have a similiar setup and included in ~/.emacs_tcsh, because tcsh  
is my login shell:

	echo "Hallöchen!"
	sleep 1
	if (-e ~/.emacs_tcsh-init) source ~/.emacs_tcsh-init && rm  
~/.emacs_tcsh-init

As you can imagine any (t)csh statement can be used. The same is true  
for sh, bash, ksh, ash ... The contents of ~/.emacs_tcsh-init is  
generated from Elisp.


Because this is documented: is it this that you are searching for?

--
Greetings

   Pete

   It's not the valleys in life I dread so much as the dips.
                     -- Garfield

Re: elisp to run a new shell and insert commands?

[gredner]

Hi Pete,

I was aware of this feature, but it did not occur to me to use it the
way you are:  emacs generates the file, the shell reads it and then
deletes it.  This is a pretty roundabout way of getting things to
work, but it will get the job done.

Thanks!
-Gabe