From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "CarlC" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Checking Process Status Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 22:42:26 GMT Organization: Road Runner - Texas Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044312340 21884 80.91.224.249 (3 Feb 2003 22:45:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:45:40 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18fpLN-0005gY-00 for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 23:45:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18fpLN-0008GQ-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:45:37 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 13 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.153.208.137 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1044312146 24.153.208.137 (Mon, 03 Feb 2003 16:42:26 CST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 16:42:26 CST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109751 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6263 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6263 "David Kastrup" wrote in message news:x565s1ro9r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz... > Your code programmed a busy wait. That's ugly, butt-ugly. Instead > just let your code be run when the process has finished. Anyhow, if > at all, you would need to compare to symbols 'run and 'exit, not > strings. Understood. My concern is that this routine is going to possibly open a new buffer, and change point. I didn't want the user to wander around during the compile and then have emacs zap him a new screen. I will take your advice into consideration.