From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: run external command and let it go Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:41:28 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064515806 21697 80.91.224.253 (25 Sep 2003 18:50:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 25 20:50:01 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 1A2bBg-00061m-01 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:50:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A2bBG-0000Tf-SW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:49:34 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1064515288 132.204.24.42 (Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:41:28 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:41:28 EDT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116870 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:12795 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12795 > Can anyone tell me how I can run an external process (like a temrinal > or a browser) from emacs. I know shell-command does this, but I > really don't care about the output of the command, so the Shell output > and Async output buffers are just annoying when they come up. I > really just want to launch a command and then be done with it. Any > ideas? Thanks. `shell-command' is mostly meant for interactive use. For elisp code, use `call-process' or `start-process' (which see with C-h f). Stefan