problem with emacs shell mode

problem with emacs shell mode

[Jay Cotton]

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

Re: problem with emacs shell mode

[Ian Zimmerman]

Jay> Everything was working great, and I started to think I was finally
Jay> in emacs paradise, and then I opened a shell buffer with M-x
Jay> shell. The problem I encountered is that the shell seems to hold
Jay> onto output of the underlying processes without displaying it on
Jay> the screen. So, for instance, if I run the unix command 'units' at
Jay> the shell prompt, instead of prompting me for what unit I have
Jay> (which is what the program is supposed to do), it appears to
Jay> hang. The only time it will show the output (that I'm aware of) is
Jay> when the underlying process ends. As a result, programs like 'ls'
Jay> appear to work because they aren't interactive - they end almost as
Jay> soon as they are started and their output appears immediately in
Jay> the buffer. But none of my interactive shell scripts work. :(

Tweaking process-connection-type might help, but no promises.  OS X
is weird, as I am learning on my own, unfortunately :-(

-- 
"It's not true or not."  A reality show producer (real quote)

Re: problem with emacs shell mode

[Jay Cotton]

It worked! I set it to true in my .emacs and now it works like a charm. 
Thanks a bunch!

(setq process-connection-type t)

On Sep 21, 2004, at 10:56 AM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

>
> Jay> Everything was working great, and I started to think I was finally
> Jay> in emacs paradise, and then I opened a shell buffer with M-x
> Jay> shell. The problem I encountered is that the shell seems to hold
> Jay> onto output of the underlying processes without displaying it on
> Jay> the screen. So, for instance, if I run the unix command 'units' at
> Jay> the shell prompt, instead of prompting me for what unit I have
> Jay> (which is what the program is supposed to do), it appears to
> Jay> hang. The only time it will show the output (that I'm aware of) is
> Jay> when the underlying process ends. As a result, programs like 'ls'
> Jay> appear to work because they aren't interactive - they end almost 
> as
> Jay> soon as they are started and their output appears immediately in
> Jay> the buffer. But none of my interactive shell scripts work. :(
>
> Tweaking process-connection-type might help, but no promises.  OS X
> is weird, as I am learning on my own, unfortunately :-(
>
> -- 
> "It's not true or not."  A reality show producer (real quote)
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