From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Politz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ^M chars in *Async Command Output* Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:42:52 +0100 Organization: FH-Trier Message-ID: <1232703835.523619@arno.fh-trier.de> References: <1232703501.688012@arno.fh-trier.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232707413 10513 80.91.229.12 (23 Jan 2009 10:43:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:43:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 23 11:44:46 2009 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 1LQJWB-00037V-LV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:44:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34031 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQJUq-00031h-3M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:42:44 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!peernews!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 46 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 143-93-54-11.arno.fh-trier.de Original-X-Trace: news.uni-kl.de 1232703900 23872 143.93.54.11 (23 Jan 2009 09:45:00 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-kl.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:45:00 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081018) In-Reply-To: <1232703501.688012@arno.fh-trier.de> Cache-Post-Path: arno.fh-trier.de!unknown@dslb-084-059-214-029.pools.arcor-ip.net X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:166261 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:61586 Archived-At: Andreas Politz wrote: > 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 & Mh, the important thing is the pipe not the command, so `cat' would bet the better choice. > > -ap >