From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:32:35 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87smal64nc.fsf@orebokech.com> <87wtx45rag.fsf_-_@tapsellferrier.co.uk> <87k6svzzp5.fsf_-_@tapsellferrier.co.uk> <87is8bwf39.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100388780 9897 80.91.229.6 (13 Nov 2004 23:33:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:33:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, Nic Ferrier , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 14 00:32:52 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CT7Nz-0003oF-00 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:32:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CT7Wc-0004is-Gx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:41:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CT7WU-0004ie-J0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:41:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CT7WU-0004iS-2K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:41:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CT7WT-0004iP-TW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:41:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [206.47.199.163] (helo=simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CT7Nl-0007J1-6L; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:32:37 -0500 Original-Received: from empanada.home ([67.71.26.166]) by simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20041113233236.LMZJ1614.simmts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@empanada.home>; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:32:36 -0500 Original-Received: by empanada.home (Postfix, from userid 502) id EB3E53671DB; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:32:35 -0500 (EST) Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:20:44 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29801 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29801 > But how can you know when the shell is reading from the stream, or > when it is the sub-subprogram that's reading? Yup, that's a very difficult problem. > If you go to the trouble of improving this, it would be better to > have a control socket into readline which could ALSO inform comint > whether the readline API is currently active or not, i.e. it would > send messages like: A separate socket is very limiting since it only works for the "original" program. If you run a program from within your original program, it won't work any more. E.g. it won't work for a shell run via ssh on a remote host; it won't work for a shell run via `su' or `sudo'; ... Stefan