dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Torben Knudsen]

How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the sense
that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started program
runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the end.
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Section of Automation and Control,	Email	: tk@es.aau.dk   
Department of Electronic Systems,	
Aalborg University 
Fredrik Bajersvej 7 
DK-9220 Aalborg Ø
Denmark 

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 09 May 2008 08:37:07 +0200 Torben Knudsen wrote:

> How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the sense
> that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started program
> runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the end.

Append a `&'.  `*' and `?' are interpreted as one would expect.
E.g. for a single file do "program ? &" if you have marked multiple
files: "program * &".

One drawback is that you can only run one async shell command at the
time or you have to rename the output buffer.

David

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Rodrigo Lazo]

Torben Knudsen <tk@es.aau.dk> writes:

> How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the sense
> that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started program
> runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the end.

Take a look at background.el

http://www.jgk.org/src/background.el

Regards

-- 

Rodrigo Lazo (rlazo)

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "David" == David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:

David> On Fri, 09 May 2008 08:37:07 +0200 Torben Knudsen wrote:
>> How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the sense
>> that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started program
>> runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the end.

David> Append a `&'.  `*' and `?' are interpreted as one would expect.
David> E.g. for a single file do "program ? &" if you have marked
David> multiple files: "program * &".

Works fine but I use defaults from dired-guess-shell-alist-user and I
can't figure out how to avoid typing the default myself to get this
working.  If I type the command myself it works perfectly.

David> One drawback is that you can only run one async shell command
David> at the time or you have to rename the output buffer.

Not a big problem for me.

Thanks for the answer.
-- 
Associate Prof. Ph.D Torben Knudsen	Mobile	: (+45) 2787 9826
Section of Automation and Control,	Email	: tk@es.aau.dk   
Department of Electronic Systems,	
Aalborg University 
Fredrik Bajersvej 7 
DK-9220 Aalborg Ø
Denmark 

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Kevin Rodgers]

Torben Knudsen wrote:
>>>>>> "David" == David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:
> 
> David> On Fri, 09 May 2008 08:37:07 +0200 Torben Knudsen wrote:
>>> How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the sense
>>> that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started program
>>> runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the end.
> 
> David> Append a `&'.  `*' and `?' are interpreted as one would expect.
> David> E.g. for a single file do "program ? &" if you have marked
> David> multiple files: "program * &".
> 
> Works fine but I use defaults from dired-guess-shell-alist-user and I
> can't figure out how to avoid typing the default myself to get this
> working.  If I type the command myself it works perfectly.

`M-n' should insert the default in the minibuffer, for any command.

> David> One drawback is that you can only run one async shell command
> David> at the time or you have to rename the output buffer.
> 
> Not a big problem for me.
> 
> Thanks for the answer.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:

Kevin> Torben Knudsen wrote:
>>>>>>> "David" == David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:
>>
David> On Fri, 09 May 2008 08:37:07 +0200 Torben Knudsen wrote:
>>>> How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the
>>>> sense that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started
>>>> program runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the
>>>> end.
>>
David> Append a `&'.  `*' and `?' are interpreted as one would expect.
David> E.g. for a single file do "program ? &" if you have marked
David> multiple files: "program * &".
>>  Works fine but I use defaults from dired-guess-shell-alist-user
>> and I can't figure out how to avoid typing the default myself to
>> get this working.  If I type the command myself it works perfectly.

Kevin> `M-n' should insert the default in the minibuffer, for any
Kevin> command.

When I use ! on a pdf file I se [acroread] as default but doing M-n I
get:
next-history-element: End of history; no default available [2 times]

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Associate Prof. Ph.D Torben Knudsen	Mobile	: (+45) 2787 9826
Section of Automation and Control,	Email	: tk@es.aau.dk   
Department of Electronic Systems,	
Aalborg University 
Fredrik Bajersvej 7 
DK-9220 Aalborg Ø
Denmark 

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "Rodrigo" == Rodrigo Lazo <rlazo.paz@gmail.com> writes:

Rodrigo> Torben Knudsen <tk@es.aau.dk> writes:
>> How can i do dired-do-shell-command as "bash program" in the sense
>> that I can keep working with my emacs also when the started program
>> runs just as it was started from a shell with a & at the end.

Rodrigo> Take a look at background.el

Rodrigo> http://www.jgk.org/src/background.el

I have taken a look but I have difficulties to find doc telling what
it does and how it compares to  dired-do-shell-command.

Thanks for the answer.
-- 
Associate Prof. Ph.D Torben Knudsen	Mobile	: (+45) 2787 9826
Section of Automation and Control,	Email	: tk@es.aau.dk   
Department of Electronic Systems,	
Aalborg University 
Fredrik Bajersvej 7 
DK-9220 Aalborg Ø
Denmark 

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Josef.Bauer.NOSPAM]

    Rodrigo> http://www.jgk.org/src/background.el

    Torben> I have taken a look but I have difficulties to find doc
    Torben> telling what it does and how it compares to
    Torben> dired-do-shell-command.

Hi,

this is what I use (in my '.emacs'):

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(defun dired-do-shell-command-in-background (command)
  "In dired, do shell command in background on the file or directory named on this line."
  (interactive
   (list (dired-read-shell-command (concat "& on " "%s: ") nil (list (dired-get-filename)))))
  (call-process command nil 0 nil (dired-get-filename)))

(add-hook 'dired-load-hook
	  (function (lambda ()
		      (load "dired-x")
		      (define-key dired-mode-map "&" 'dired-do-shell-command-in-background))))

(setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user
      (list (list "\\.wav$" "wavesurfer") (list "\\.au$" "wavesurfer") (list "\\.pdf$" "acroread")
	    (list "\\.doc$" "OOo" ) (list "\\.xls$" "OOo") (list "\\.tif$" "gqview") (list "\\.jpg$" "gqview")))

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;


In dired (over the respective file) press '&' to start a shell command
in the background. Command completion is the same as in
'dired-do-shell-command'.

I had posted this long ago in Usenet but Google does not find it any more
:-(

Greetings

Josef

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "Josef" == Josef Bauer NOSPAM <Josef.Bauer.NOSPAM@web.de> writes:

Rodrigo> http://www.jgk.org/src/background.el

Torben> I have taken a look but I have difficulties to find doc
Torben> telling what it does and how it compares to
Torben> dired-do-shell-command.

Josef> Hi,

Josef> this is what I use (in my '.emacs'): 

Josef> ........

Thanks, this works perfectly and was exactly what I wanted.
-- 
Associate Prof. Ph.D Torben Knudsen	Mobile	: (+45) 2787 9826
Section of Automation and Control,	Email	: tk@es.aau.dk   
Department of Electronic Systems,	
Aalborg University 
Fredrik Bajersvej 7 
DK-9220 Aalborg Ø
Denmark 

Re: dired-do-shell-command as "bash program"

[Torben Knudsen]

>>>>> "Josef" == Josef Bauer NOSPAM <Josef.Bauer.NOSPAM@web.de> writes:

I think the below function should be part of emacs somehow
 
Rodrigo> http://www.jgk.org/src/background.el

Torben> I have taken a look but I have difficulties to find doc
Torben> telling what it does and how it compares to
Torben> dired-do-shell-command.

Josef> Hi,

Josef> this is what I use (in my '.emacs'):

Josef> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Josef> (defun dired-do-shell-command-in-background (command) "In
Josef> dired, do shell command in background on the file or directory
Josef> named on this line."  (interactive (list
Josef> (dired-read-shell-command (concat "& on " "%s: ") nil (list
Josef> (dired-get-filename))))) (call-process command nil 0 nil
Josef> (dired-get-filename)))

Josef> (add-hook 'dired-load-hook (function (lambda () (load
Josef> "dired-x") (define-key dired-mode-map "&"
Josef> 'dired-do-shell-command-in-background))))

Josef> (setq dired-guess-shell-alist-user (list (list "\\.wav$"
Josef> "wavesurfer") (list "\\.au$" "wavesurfer") (list "\\.pdf$"
Josef> "acroread") (list "\\.doc$" "OOo" ) (list "\\.xls$" "OOo")
Josef> (list "\\.tif$" "gqview") (list "\\.jpg$" "gqview")))

Josef> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;


Josef> In dired (over the respective file) press '&' to start a shell
Josef> command in the background. Command completion is the same as in
Josef> 'dired-do-shell-command'.

Josef> I had posted this long ago in Usenet but Google does not find
Josef> it any more :-(

Josef> Greetings

Josef> Josef

-- 
Associate Prof. Ph.D Torben Knudsen	Mobile	: (+45) 2787 9826
Section of Automation and Control,	Email	: tk@es.aau.dk   
Department of Electronic Systems,	
Aalborg University 
Fredrik Bajersvej 7 
DK-9220 Aalborg Ø
Denmark