From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: coskun Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: M-x shell RET on Windows not working Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:11:32 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <0962563c-9ee5-4ea6-8b99-3391a8fb02d6@u72g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> References: <47b3e566$0$23005$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <63bdb18b-7010-48cb-9ed4-6cec36f46e6f@e30g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> <47b4ac6f$0$4288$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> <2398a84d-5228-4152-a9d8-30cb9c57cef4@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com> <47b537cd$0$2299$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <405e3dc3-34e4-453b-b24e-fae98ae0a9f2@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <47b60097$0$2291$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <61mh06F1vij11U1@mid.individual.net> <80a77d75-9e56-4b8f-8c02-2ce5e3e0056a@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> <16b62274-95a3-4621-b992-8d62c2e07a1e@28g2000hsw.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203306043 27228 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2008 03:40:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:40:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 04:41:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JQwsM-0008Vr-42 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:41:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQwrr-0004av-KT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:40:35 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!u72g2000hsf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 92 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.154.14.46 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1203304293 31328 127.0.0.1 (18 Feb 2008 03:11:33 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: u72g2000hsf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.154.14.46; posting-account=ce8wugoAAABMMzbn5zbVqvwGXZKpF-yw User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; Tablet PC 2.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:156253 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:51622 Archived-At: On Feb 17, 5:50=A0pm, coskun wrote: > On Feb 16, 11:27=A0am, coskun wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 16, 7:25=A0am, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > > > From: coskun > > > > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:08:09 -0800 (PST) > > > > > On Feb 15, 4:11=A0pm, Mike Treseler wrot= e: > > > > > > * coskun (2008-02-15) writes: > > > > > > >> `M-x shell ' does not work. When I try that, a shell buffe= r is > > > > > >> created, but I don't get a prompt. > > > > > > does cmd.exe work at a dos prompt? > > > > > > check: > > > > > customize-variable shell-dumb-shell-regexp > > > > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- Mike Treseler > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am using Vista. I don't know how to start in MS-DOS mode, or even = if > > > > that's possible. > > > > He didn't say "start in MS-DOS mode", he said "at a dos prompt", which= > > > is an (admittedly misleading) way of asking you to open a "Command > > > Prompt" window and see if you can get cmd.exe, the Windows shell, to > > > work there. =A0"Command Prompt" should be somewhere on your > > > Start->Programs->Accessories menu.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > Sorry. Here is what I see when I open a Command Prompt: > > > Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] > > Copyright 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > C:\Users\Coskun> > > > When I run cmd.exe at this prompt, I see this: > > > C:\Users\Coskun>cmd.exe > > Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000] > > Copyright 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > C:\Users\Coskun> > > > It seems that all commands (latex, yap, etc.) I run here work. I type > > exit twice: once to exit cmd and once again to close the Command > > Prompt window. > > > Please let me know if more information would be helpful. > > > Best, > > Coskun- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > Hello Ralf, Mike and Eli, > > I wanted to post an update. As I said earlier, cmd.exe at Command > Prompt works. But cmdproxy.exe does not work. It turns out that Emacs > calls cmdproxy.exe when I do 'M-x shell ' not cmd.exe: > > shell run =A0 =A0 =A0*shell* C:/Program Files/Emacs/bin/cmdproxy.exe -i > > Please let me know if you have any ideas? > > Best, > Coskun- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hello all, I had precompiled Emacs+AucTeX bundle. I replaced the Emacs\bin \cmdproxy file with a different version that came with Emacs 22.1, and it solved the problem. Best, Coskun