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: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:08:09 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <80a77d75-9e56-4b8f-8c02-2ce5e3e0056a@c33g2000hsd.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> 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 1203136857 25742 80.91.229.12 (16 Feb 2008 04:40:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:40:57 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 16 05:41:20 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 1JQErX-0001To-GH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:41:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQEr3-0001A8-Do for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:40:49 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.154.14.46 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1203134889 701 127.0.0.1 (16 Feb 2008 04:08:09 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: c33g2000hsd.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:156207 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:51578 Archived-At: On Feb 15, 4:11=A0pm, Mike Treseler wrote: > > * coskun (2008-02-15) writes: > > >> `M-x shell ' does not work. When I try that, a shell buffer 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. Maybe I didn't understand your question. How do I check customize-variable shell-dumb-shell-regexp? Best, Coskun