From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.bugs,gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs Subject: Re: emacs Shell mode vs AC_CHECK_PROG(EMACS, ...) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:58:28 +0900 Message-ID: <874pvbj2bf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1158155976 14490 80.91.229.2 (13 Sep 2006 13:59:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, gnuplot-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net, bug-autoconf@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, chet.ramey@case.edu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 13 15:59:32 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNVGL-0002wC-RL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:58:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNVGL-0003n0-BX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:58:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GNVGI-0003lh-Nc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:58:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GNVGH-0003kt-Vw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:58:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GNVGF-0003k9-Fe; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:58:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [203.216.5.72] (helo=smtp02.dentaku.gol.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GNVHv-0003yU-JJ; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:00:28 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-98-149.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.98.149] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1GNVG1-0007uK-Fk; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:58:29 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 94A2C2F4D; Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:58:28 +0900 (JST) Original-To: System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Don Bashford's message of "Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:40:51 -0500") Original-Lines: 12 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:15323 gmane.comp.graphics.gnuplot.bugs:720 gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.bugs:5235 Archived-At: writes: >For example, emacs could send the shell something like "shopt > -u -o emacs; shopt -u -o vi". Then emacs could leave EMACS alone. Stuffing input to a subshell like that is in general not something you can do reliably. -miles -- We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde