From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Clemente Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: & and M-& to run programs asynchronously Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:52:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87y6rbgez1.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net> References: <87hcbkpo0e.fsf@gmail.com> <86y74wzeq1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <874p7ifonh.fsf@jurta.org> <873amryzdu.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87iqt9dwtm.fsf@gmail.com> <87zlmfpov5.fsf@jurta.org> <87tz20660j.fsf@yahoo.com> <873a9km3fh.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246294415 8604 80.91.229.12 (29 Jun 2009 16:53:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:53:35 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 29 18:53:28 2009 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 1MLK6h-0005AV-3Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:53:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59459 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLK6g-00014w-8G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLK6a-00014r-PA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLK6V-00014f-6f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44667 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLK6V-00014c-1A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:15 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52412 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLK6U-0005A3-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:14 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MLK6M-0004bY-Qh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:53:06 +0000 Original-Received: from smtp.opentrends.net ([62.97.110.250]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:53:06 +0000 Original-Received: from dcl441-bugs by smtp.opentrends.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:53:06 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: smtp.opentrends.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:u3QQv/IoZV2iwNh4nwK77mYfTBQ= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:111813 Archived-At: >> Could the patch for M-&=async-shell-command be finally checked in? > > I think `async-shell-command' in > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/99764/focus=101699 > is just a starting point for implementing more powerful command > that accepts more proposed options (like either to display the output > buffer or not, etc.) Ok; then could this starting point be checked in? It is already useful. I think that before trying to extend it, it has to be correctly bound to M-& in the right places and without colliding with other M-& Extensions can also wait because there are many and there isn't full consensus ([1]). So better get the base in first. [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/99764/focus=100293