API for shell-mode?

API for shell-mode?

[J Krugman]

Where can I find the API/documentation for the Emacs shell mode
(i.e. the mode of the buffer one gets when one types 'M-x shell').

My immediate question are the specs on the possible values for the
$EMACS environment variable.  Is there any other possible value
other than 't'?

(This is only the latest of several questions I've had over the
years about the shell-mode, but I can never find adequate documentation
for it, other than a list of key bindings.)

Thanks,

jill

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Re: API for shell-mode?

[Jesper Harder]

J Krugman <jkrugman@yahbitoo.com> writes:

> My immediate question are the specs on the possible values for the
> $EMACS environment variable.  Is there any other possible value
> other than 't'?

`comint-exec-1' sets it to `t' unless this environment variable is
already defined -- so it could have _any_ value that the user has
chosen to set it to.

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Jesper Harder                                <http://purl.org/harder/>

Re: API for shell-mode?

[J Krugman]

In <m3n053zgpj.fsf@defun.localdomain> Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:

>J Krugman <jkrugman@yahbitoo.com> writes:

>> My immediate question are the specs on the possible values for the
>> $EMACS environment variable.  Is there any other possible value
>> other than 't'?

>`comint-exec-1' sets it to `t' unless this environment variable is
>already defined -- so it could have _any_ value that the user has
>chosen to set it to.

Thanks.

How did you know to look up comint-exec-1?

jill
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Re: API for shell-mode?

[Jesper Harder]

J Krugman <jkrugman@yahbitoo.com> writes:

> Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
>
>>`comint-exec-1' sets it to `t' unless this environment variable is
>>already defined -- so it could have _any_ value that the user has
>>chosen to set it to.
>
> How did you know to look up comint-exec-1?

I grepped for the string "EMACS", which doesn't occur that many times
in the sources.

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Jesper Harder                                <http://purl.org/harder/>