From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Character mode for comint? Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:19 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87mxckp2vs.fsf@gmail.com> <87d3dgp2hb.fsf@gmail.com> <87r51wm3jw.fsf@gmail.com> <87k47om2e5.fsf@gmail.com> <87ty6rlvgn.fsf@gmail.com> <87fwiblsng.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319905053 24648 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2011 16:17:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:17:33 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 29 18:17:30 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RKBb7-0001Yx-0v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41705 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RKBb6-00007w-Gu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:17:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43257) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RKBb3-00007h-0l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:17:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RKBb1-0008U2-Pw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:17:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:55989) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RKBb1-0008Tb-IF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:17:23 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89640188B58A for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:18:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FBDB1C00187 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:20 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hT+LVSApQNcD for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-108-218.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.108.218]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 37BEDCA29C; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I'm reporting for duty as a modern person. I want to do the Latin Hustle now! In-Reply-To: <87fwiblsng.fsf@gmail.com> (Antoine Levitt's message of "Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:33:07 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 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:145767 Archived-At: Antoine Levitt writes: > Because then you don't benefit from the emacs interaction features of > the various python modes, like sending the current > buffer/region/defun. If your question is "why are these features > implemented with comint rather than term-mode", I have no clue. Because you need to have control over the input in order to do that. You cannot have them when the underlying process is doing the input editing. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."