From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [david.hansen@gmx.net: Re: comint's directory tracking doesn't understand \( or \)] Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:47:04 +0900 Message-ID: <87k5xwg5af.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <871wk56tjh.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> <87wt1xhv0u.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <85ejo5j9bj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87irdgkdy1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <853b4kold6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173037644 14790 80.91.229.12 (4 Mar 2007 19:47:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:47:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 04 20:47:18 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HNwfo-0006Gj-UN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:47:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HNwfo-0005zn-E9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:47:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HNwfe-0005zY-1w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:47:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HNwfc-0005zM-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:47:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HNwfc-0005zJ-HQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HNwfZ-0007Dw-L9; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:46:58 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-073.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.73] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1HNwfX-0004nQ-0b; Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:46:55 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3D08A2F43; Mon, 5 Mar 2007 04:47:04 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <853b4kold6.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Sun\, 04 Mar 2007 20\:32\:37 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:67303 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Maybe the directory tracker should check whether the directory it is > thinking of exists, and use `dirs' alias `shell-resync-dirs' > automatically if it finds that it doesn't. In general that sort of thing is simply too dangerous -- comint has no idea when it's safe to use `dirs', because it doesn't know the state of the child process. > I think it currently instead just stays where it was previously. > Which rarely is helpful. Maybe not, but there doesn't seem much choice. -Miles -- If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. [George Carlin]