From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Load other program from emacs Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:57:45 GMT Organization: Level(3) Communications, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068048561 31913 80.91.224.253 (5 Nov 2003 16:09:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 05 17:09:19 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AHQDf-0000k1-00 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 17:09:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AHQA0-00071c-Ew for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:05:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.level3.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 171.78.176.30 Original-X-Trace: news.level3.com 1068047865 171.78.176.30 (Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:57:45 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:57:45 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117888 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:13827 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13827 In article , Li Chen wrote: >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? > >I can invoke a program within emacs using shell command and shell buffer, >however, both of them lock the emacs and wait for the end of invoked >program. If you end the command line with "&", the command will be run in the background and control will return immediately, just as in an ordinary shell. -- Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com Level(3), Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.