From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Feature request: Expose system `exec` as a built-in elisp function Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:57:31 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1407945539 18988 80.91.229.3 (13 Aug 2014 15:58:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andrew Pennebaker Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 13 17:58:52 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XHawt-0004lU-LV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:58:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48223 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHawt-0004rk-66 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:58:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36841) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHawj-0004rZ-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:58:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHawb-0002nv-Hb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:58:40 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:8030) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHawb-0002nk-DR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:58:33 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArUGAIDvNVPAqyKr/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIBAjSGReOegeEOASrA4NMIQ X-IPAS-Result: ArUGAIDvNVPAqyKr/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIBAjSGReOegeEOASrA4NMIQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="86649037" Original-Received: from 192-171-34-171.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO pastel.home) ([192.171.34.171]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 13 Aug 2014 11:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E5EE562F89; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:57:31 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Andrew Pennebaker's message of "Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:44:01 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:173628 Archived-At: > If it were, elisp programs could, for example, begin an Emacs editing > session even though the elisp program itself was originally run > using emacs. I don't understand what you're trying to say above. Could you give an example? Stefan