From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Examining the output of a shell command?
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:39:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <barmar-A2C767.21390928062015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mmpa5e$ma0$1@dont-email.me
In article <mmpa5e$ma0$1@dont-email.me>, Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>
wrote:
> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
>
> > Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes:
> >
> >> Maybe the OP doesn't realize that some programs that output
> >> escape sequences won't do so when run as an Emacs shell command.
> >>
> >> /bin/ls being a good example.
> >>
> >> In that case, run:
> >>
> >> /bin/ls --color
> >>
> >> as an Emacs shell command.
> >
> > I guess programs like "ls" check the TERM environment variable.
> >
> > Try:
> >
> > (setenv "TERM" "xterm")
>
> I doubt $TERM is the key.
> /bin/ls knows when it is interactive.
What they often check is whether stdout is connected to a terminal.
> > (shell-command-to-string "ls --color")
>
> This will show escape sequences regardless of $TERM.
> It did for me with the Emacs default value "dumb".
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-28 12:47 Examining the output of a shell command? Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 13:57 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] ` <mailman.5831.1435499861.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 14:03 ` Dan Espen
2015-06-28 14:20 ` Michael Heerdegen
[not found] ` <mailman.5833.1435501234.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 17:17 ` Dan Espen
2015-06-28 18:28 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-06-29 1:39 ` Barry Margolin [this message]
2015-06-28 14:31 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5839.1435503359.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 15:03 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5843.1435506194.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-28 15:51 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-28 15:52 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-29 1:53 ` Emanuel Berg
[not found] ` <mailman.5887.1435542902.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-29 8:13 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-29 11:26 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
2015-06-29 12:08 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2015-06-29 14:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.5928.1435589507.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-29 15:56 ` Raffaele Ricciardi
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