From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dave@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: compiling or grepping always shows ":Run Compiling" Date: 05 Oct 2004 08:13:30 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <81mzz1fjmd.fsf@adboyd.com> References: <87is9q1fiy.fsf@utanet.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096978318 636 80.91.229.6 (5 Oct 2004 12:11:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:11:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 05 14:11:46 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CEoAU-0004ic-00 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:11:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CEoH7-0005ep-Kb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:18:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CEoGz-0005ek-UO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:18:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CEoGz-0005eY-Hk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CEoGz-0005eV-EZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CEoAK-0006zR-6C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:11:36 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CEoAJ-0001xi-00 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:11:35 +0200 Original-Received: from wbar5.tampa1-4-11-125-246.dsl-verizon.net ([4.11.125.246]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:11:35 +0200 Original-Received: from dave by wbar5.tampa1-4-11-125-246.dsl-verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:11:35 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 46 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: wbar5.tampa1-4-11-125-246.dsl-verizon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21064 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21064 Stefan Reichör writes: > dave@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes: > > > I'd like some ideas of how to troubleshoot this. > > > > I used to use emacs 21.1, and it worked fine, and the source was compiled > > on the SCO machine at work. > > > > I just compiled emacs 21.3.50, and it doesn't work, and I don't have a > > clue how to start finding out why it doesn't work. > > > > I think it is some kind of comint buffer problem, but don't know how to > > verify/validate this. > > > > On my Mandrake Linux 10.0 machine at home, and my Windows XP/Cygwin > > machine at work, emacs 21.3.50 works totally correct, in that grepping or > > compiling show their results, and then the Compiling tag goes away from in > > the mode line. > > > > On my SCO box, the Compiling tag never leaves, and all buffer mode lines > > show "Compiling". > > > > The grep and compile work okay, and I can click in the buffer to open > > files at the appropriate locations as reported in the grep and compilation > > buffer, but the Compile tag never goes away. > > > > Kind of annoying, as I use that to tell when the compile is done. > > > > Any ideas, anyone? Where do I begin to look for this? > > I see that behaviour also sometimes. > > When I issue the following command: > M-: (setq compilation-in-progress nil) > > The "Compiling" goes away. > Is the process still running in your circumstance? When I go to exit emacs later, I always get a warning that the process is still running. I'll have to look and see if ps shows me the process. I've assumed it is running... Dave