From: Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ^M chars in *Async Command Output*
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:37:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1232703501.688012@arno.fh-trier.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.5557.1232699065.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Sebastian Tennant wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When I issue asynchronous commands using shell-command, for example:
>
> M-! apt-get update & RET
>
> buffer *Async Command Output* is filled with ^M characters and the
> output is generally a mess.
>
> Apparently not all Emacsen behave in this way though.
>
> If you have a moment, could you perform a similar test and let us know
> if the same thing happens to you. Include the Emacs version number in
> your follow-up, and if it _does_ happen to you and you have a little
> more time, whether you consider it a feature or a bug?
>
> Your assistance is much appreciated.
>
> Sebastian
I tried it with aptitude, it's the same. The process uses carriage-returns
to display the progress `widget' this show up as '^M' in emacs buffer.
Somehow this processes think they are running in a terminal, I think
because asynchronous shell-commands are runnning/started in a shell.
In a terminal :
$ echo -e 'Hello\rWorld'
$ World
In emacs :
M-! echo -e 'Hello\rWorld' &
Hello ^MWorld
Maybe a process-filter-function is the solution or pipe the command
through the utility 'col', like
M-! apt-get update | col &
-ap
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2009-01-23 9:37 ` Andreas Politz [this message]
2009-01-23 9:42 ` ^M chars in *Async Command Output* Andreas Politz
2009-01-23 10:25 ` Sebastian Tennant
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2009-01-24 8:25 ` Andreas Politz
2009-01-25 17:41 ` Sebastian Tennant
2009-01-23 8:25 Sebastian Tennant
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