From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Checking Process Status Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:20:02 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3E3F019E.8060308@ihs.com> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044379370 18499 80.91.224.249 (4 Feb 2003 17:22:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:22:50 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18g6lq-0004kW-00 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 18:22:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18g6kI-00062O-08 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Feb 2003 12:20:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.newsfirst.net!newshub.more.net!news.more.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LTlciaB9e/cxo/JgpIaD3atNk8o= Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.243.167.195 Original-X-Trace: news.more.net 1044379203 150.243.167.195 (Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:20:03 CST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 11:20:03 CST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109789 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6297 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6297 Kevin Rodgers writes: > CarlC wrote: > >> Understood. My concern is that this routine is going to possibly open a new >> buffer, and change point. I didn't want the user to wander around during the >> compile and then have emacs zap him a new screen. I will take your advice >> into consideration. > > Then force M-x compile to run the command synchronously: > > (fmakunbound 'start-process) If I try that here (not with M-x compile), I get the message "Multi-processing is not supported for this system" (RedHat 8.0 with CVS emacs) I have problem slightly similar to CarlC's, though. I need a program to stop at a certain point, and wait until a comint-process gives some output, and then and only then continue. (Also, the user shouldn't be able to move the point...) I thought accept-process-output would do that, but that doesn't seem to work. What should work? Thanks, Jay