From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chet Ramey Newsgroups: gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs,gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.bugs Subject: Re: emacs Shell mode vs AC_CHECK_PROG(EMACS, ...) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:12:19 -0400 Message-ID: <060913171219.AA23213.SM@caleb.ins.cwru.edu> References: <874pvbj2bf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: chet.ramey@case.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158167683 27903 80.91.229.2 (13 Sep 2006 17:14:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:14:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Don.Bashford@stjude.org, chet.ramey@case.edu, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, gnuplot-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net, bug-autoconf@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-autoconf-bounces+gnu-bug-autoconf=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 13 19:14:40 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gnu-bug-autoconf@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNYJS-0007cG-09 for gnu-bug-autoconf@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:14:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNYJR-0007CO-EK for gnu-bug-autoconf@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:14:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GNYJM-000791-Up for bug-autoconf@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:14:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GNYJK-00075u-Gw for bug-autoconf@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:14:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNYJK-00075g-E9; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:14:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [129.22.105.34] (helo=mpv4.tis.cwru.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1GNYL2-0005L1-Oy; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:15:52 -0400 Original-Received: from caleb.ins.cwru.edu (caleb.INS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.8.211]) by mpv4.tis.cwru.edu (MOS 3.7.5-GA) with SMTP id BJV11685; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:14:00 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: miles@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Message from miles@gnu.org of Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:58:28 +0900 (id <874pvbj2bf.fsf@catnip.gol.com>) Read-Receipt-To: chet.ramey@case.edu X-BeenThere: bug-autoconf@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for autoconf List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-autoconf-bounces+gnu-bug-autoconf=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-autoconf-bounces+gnu-bug-autoconf=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs:5236 gmane.emacs.bugs:15324 gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.bugs:721 Archived-At: > writes: > >For example, emacs could send the shell something like "shopt > > -u -o emacs; shopt -u -o vi". Then emacs could leave EMACS alone. > > Stuffing input to a subshell like that is in general not something you > can do reliably. Yeah, that's dicy, but you don't have to do it. Just invoke the shell with the `--noediting' option. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Live Strong. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/