From: "Michael Frandsen" <mf@cyncrona.dk>
Subject: Re: Reference for using DDE in emacs.
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:42:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ef703a2$0$76047$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 65fef11f.0306182242.62458443@posting.google.com
Hi FCC,
Actually I want to use it the other way arround.
I have an environment which uses DDE commands to start an external editor. I
would like that editor to be emacs, however I have to know the DDE commands
to do different stuff.
Thanks,
Michael
"Dr. F.C.Caner" <ferhun_caner@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:65fef11f.0306182242.62458443@posting.google.com...
> You can use DDE commands to manipulate a DDE compliant application
> from Emacs (if that is what you want). The key function here is
> call-process-region. Here is an example, which closes all the
> documents in Acrobat when executed from within Emacs. Hope this helps,
>
> FCC.
>
> ;;;-------------------------
> ;;; von Jesper Harder:
> (defun acrobat-close-all-docs ()
> "Close all open documents in Acrobat."
> (save-excursion
> (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *ddeclient*"))
> (erase-buffer)
> (insert "[CloseAllDocs()]")
> (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
> "ddeclient" t t nil "acroview" "control")
> (if (= 0 (string-to-int (buffer-string))) t nil)))
> ;;;-------------------------
>
> "Michael Frandsen" <mf@cyncrona.dk> wrote in message
news:<3ef05ecb$0$76056$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an environment where I wish to interface emacs, but the only way
is
> > to use DDE commands.
> > Where can I find information on how to do this?
> > Can I do this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael Frandsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-23 13:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-18 12:45 Reference for using DDE in emacs Michael Frandsen
2003-06-19 6:42 ` Dr. F.C.Caner
2003-06-19 11:43 ` Barman Brakjoller
2003-06-23 13:42 ` Michael Frandsen [this message]
2003-06-23 19:45 ` Jason Rumney
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