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	now it's set to the path of the emacs binary?
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"Eric Lilja" <mindcooler@gmail.com> writes:

>
>> I changed my .bashrc to if [ "$EMACS" != "" ] and that seems to work.
>> Is there a better way?
>
> Anyway, this check seems to work just fine.

Yes, that's quite robust. The change is reverted in CVS, and a new
variable, INSIDE_EMACS (set to "t" in comint-mode) is introduced.

All the best,
Markus Triska