From: Nic Ferrier <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:32:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sm7cla3k.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1CTDRo-00078F-D8@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 14 Nov 2004 01:01:12 -0500")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> > What exactly would tell Readline to start treating the pty that way?
> > That is, how does Readline know it is time to read a completion
> > command rather than a line of input?
>
> An environment variable on the sub-program invocation.
>
> The environment variable can't be changed during sub-program execution.
> Are you saying that ALL communication with the subprogram will
> use this new command protocol? Not just when the user asks for
> completion?
Yes. It would be a completely new way for Emacs to communicate with
Readline programs. But it would still be implemented in comint so that
comint could pick when to use the new method and when to use ordinary
pty communication.
--
Nic Ferrier
http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk
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Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <E1Bgmxo-0006Bh-0o@monty-python.gnu.org>
2004-07-05 12:06 ` ECB Eric M. Ludlam
2004-07-05 12:53 ` ECB Stefan
[not found] ` <E1BhoWE-0004n3-7k@fencepost.gnu.org>
[not found] ` <200407061241.i66CfX1w016798@projectile.siege-engine.com>
2004-07-12 23:58 ` ECB Richard Stallman
2004-07-13 0:35 ` Re[2]: ECB Eric M. Ludlam
2004-08-06 23:10 ` transparent emacs Nic Ferrier
2004-08-07 0:12 ` Miles Bader
2004-08-07 1:15 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-08-07 2:27 ` Miles Bader
2004-08-17 17:44 ` Romain Francoise
2004-11-02 13:11 ` GTK emacs (and access to GTK) Nic Ferrier
2004-11-02 13:34 ` David Kastrup
2004-11-02 22:39 ` Jan D.
2004-11-02 22:53 ` David Kastrup
2004-11-02 23:17 ` Jan D.
2004-11-02 22:28 ` Jan D.
2004-11-02 22:41 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-02 22:48 ` Peter Heslin
2004-11-03 9:13 ` Jan D.
2004-11-03 9:34 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-08 23:30 ` a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 0:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-11-09 0:35 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 21:30 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-09 23:12 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-11 3:14 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-11 9:37 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-11 10:49 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-11-11 11:14 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-11 12:18 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-11-11 12:51 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-12 7:05 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-12 10:12 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-12 13:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-13 23:32 ` Stefan
2004-11-12 21:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-12 22:16 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-14 6:01 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-14 15:32 ` Nic Ferrier [this message]
2004-11-15 13:59 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-13 8:42 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-11-14 6:00 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-08 15:14 ` show-paren-mode stuffed in latest CVS Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 16:12 ` Sam Steingold
2004-11-10 16:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-11-10 16:22 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 16:22 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-11-09 16:30 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 16:46 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-11-09 21:35 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-10 0:16 ` Nic Ferrier
2004-11-09 17:20 ` Denis Bueno
2004-11-04 1:24 ` java and tag completion Nic Ferrier
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