Re: Load other program from emacs

[Joakim Hove <hove@bccs.no>]

Li Chen <cli2@student.monash.edu.au> writes:

> Is there any method which can load other programs within emacs and
> return the control to emacs immediately instead leave emacs waiting
> until that program was ended?

C-h f shell-command:


  shell-command is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
  (shell-command COMMAND &optional OUTPUT-BUFFER ERROR-BUFFER)

  Execute string COMMAND in inferior shell; display output, if any.
  With prefix argument, insert the COMMAND's output at point.

  If COMMAND ends in ampersand, execute it asynchronously.
  The output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell Command*'.
  That buffer is in shell mode.
  ...
  ...

So, adding an "&" at the end of the command should do the trick?

HTH - Joakim
  

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