From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6686: 24.0.50; [restore functionality] sql-mode Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:19:14 -0400 Message-ID: <87wrsmdvct.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87aaplpp6j.fsf@blind-mole.une.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279903058 8685 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2010 16:37:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:37:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tim Cross , 6686@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Michael R. Mauger" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 23 18:37:35 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcLFc-0000Wo-NX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:37:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49758 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcLFc-0000GG-3X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:37:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43835 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OcLFX-0000FB-2v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcLFV-0000eC-Ev for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45311) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcLFV-0000e3-9b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:37:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcKyg-00052N-Qk; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:20:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6686 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6686-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6686.127990196119353 (code B ref 6686); Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6686) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2010 16:19:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcKy0-000526-1r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:19:20 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po14.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.23]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OcKxx-000520-KD for 6686@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:19:18 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014221.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po14.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o6NGJE67013125 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:19:15 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E254BC013; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:19:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87aaplpp6j.fsf@blind-mole.une.edu.au> (Tim Cross's message of "Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:02:44 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:20:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:38832 Archived-At: Hi Michael, Could you take a look at this bug report? Thanks. Tim Cross writes: > The way sql-mode works in emacs has changed and while some of the > changes are good, there is one major change that isn't. > > In previous versions of sql-mode, running queries and executing stored > procedures/functions from within the sql interactive buffer did not hold > system focus. If the command you executed was going to take some time to > run, you could switch to another buffer/frame and continue working, read > mail, use w3m etc. However, this has now changed. When you execute an > SQL command or call a stored procedure/function from within the SQLi > buffer, you are effectively locked out from doing anything else in emacs > until that command has completed. I'm guessing, but suspect this change > is due to the additional output processing that has been added to > sql-mode, such as translation of tabs to spaces etc. I have disabled as > many features as I can, but this has made no difference. > > I am using sql-mode to access an Oracle database using sqlplus. > Everything works as it always has with emacs 23 and this change only > occured in emacs 24 either late last year or early this year. > > Could we either have the old behavior restored or if that is not > possible and if the change is due to other new features, have a way of > turning the new features off and restoring the old behavior. I really > want to continue using sql-mode and *really* don't want to have to give > it up in favor of something far less pleasant to use than emacs! > > thanks, > > Tim > > > In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) > of 2010-07-19 on blind-mole > Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10706000 > configured using `configure '--prefix=/usr/local''