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From: Adam Hardy <emacs@cyberspaceroad.com>
Subject: running emacs in perl script
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:52:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40263105.1040600@cyberspaceroad.com> (raw)

I've got a perl script which I use for ripping CDs. It gets the CDDB 
entry off the net, saves the entry in a file and then asks if I want to 
edit it with this command:

print `emacs \"/tmp/xmcd/$files[2]\"`;

This launches emacs with the file nicely in x-windows. However I often 
want to run the script on an old box which runs x so slowly I never 
bother and do everything on the command line.

But on the command line, this command above launches emacs in the 
background I think. I'm not sure. I never see emacs, the script just 
sits there with the cursor blinking, hanging below the command line.

If I do 'ps -eaf' I see an emacs process. But I can't get to it.

It makes no difference if I put the '-nw' flags on the emacs command.

Does anybody know what to do?

Adam
-- 
GNU Emacs 21.3.1 on Linux 2.4.20 Debian

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2004-02-08 12:52 Adam Hardy [this message]
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2004-02-08 16:34 ` running emacs in perl script Barry Margolin
2004-02-08 21:14   ` Adam Hardy

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