From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Cotton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: problem with emacs shell mode Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:43 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <849250F6-0BDB-11D9-898C-000393D94636@fleeingrabbit.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095777392 4535 80.91.229.6 (21 Sep 2004 14:36:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 21 16:36:20 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C9lkh-00054r-00 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:36:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C9lqd-0001kq-J5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:42:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C9lqT-0001io-4j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:42:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C9lqR-0001iH-Vm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:42:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C9lqR-0001iE-SU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:42:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.239.41.145] (helo=host10.globalnameservers.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C9lkA-0000Cu-2q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pcp02436026pcs.nchrls01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.185.72]) by host10.globalnameservers.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8LEZiGG022048 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:35:44 -0400 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20794 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20794 Hello, I am trying to use a version of emacs for OS X. (version 21.3.5 from Mindlube.com ( http://mindlube.com/products/emacs/index.html )) Everything was working great, and I started to think I was finally in emacs paradise, and then I opened a shell buffer with M-x shell. The problem I encountered is that the shell seems to hold onto output of the underlying processes without displaying it on the screen. So, for instance, if I run the unix command 'units' at the shell prompt, instead of prompting me for what unit I have (which is what the program is supposed to do), it appears to hang. The only time it will show the output (that I'm aware of) is when the underlying process ends. As a result, programs like 'ls' appear to work because they aren't interactive - they end almost as soon as they are started and their output appears immediately in the buffer. But none of my interactive shell scripts work. :( Anybody have any idea what I might do to fix this? Jay