From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Edward O'Connor" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gdb-ui almosts works in NT Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:55:43 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <16008.44352.107937.312219@nick.uklinux.net> <3791-Tue01Apr2003062831+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1049223502 17894 80.91.224.249 (1 Apr 2003 18:58:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 01 20:58:17 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 190Qxd-0004dr-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:58:17 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 190QyL-000542-00 for ; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:59:02 +0200 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 190QtX-00008p-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:54:03 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 190Qst-0008SD-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:53:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 190Qso-0008Q4-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:53:19 -0500 Original-Received: from amalthea.teisoft.com ([12.109.66.146] helo=george.floobin.cx) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 190Qsn-0008PH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:53:17 -0500 Original-Received: from george.floobin.cx (ted@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by george.floobin.cx (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h31Itioj006027 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:55:44 -0500 Original-Received: (from ted@localhost) by george.floobin.cx (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h31IthlX006026; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:55:43 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: george.floobin.cx: ted set sender to ted@oconnor.cx using -f Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Attribution: Ted Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEWdHB3K2N3y+PeKJCRq Wl3w7/Clu8deDA4t7hZJAAACHElEQVR4nG2TPY+kMAyGV5pfsIhla6z1XDtSCmr2QlJjYbYGZUI9 Nwz5+2c+AnO754LCj16//iAvL2sopbRW6uV7nFSY4wdQRQjaaBu+aSSv/RxDUJfnOkUwfg37TzW1 54XcD8kpjHveu/sukYaOfObDLjkVk/f/k4igeya7/SrIYr6z92g96w+bbrgfgmF0R8Nucy+Md4bb A/gNWO91gvwTBG97ILRPbW1gqJgQUu27bmkti8BeiZA4NT5z1myKywzEAZDyofNWj10XQRGuiIRM jfEj/DL+ABVKGrGeXMn5lHl72VZViQdLY3p4xTpIQbUtVwAw5+A0wlkbb39v4CGlACg5j4wfn9rv y3oQb4Hc9B8mLuv0wAgIv95Yx9FPY7Ir6AugGUN0LyPgVGONmd2uq8aYh7YEYue2H1IFPky4tvom ErUcd8+LJpRgmnAvFvfYLxG5K7uKhnBfPAB4bZnaG2vNTtvHao4YB7y2t9oap6+rudxjVbxT09mS 3idazHW1DY8GnS0xDZ+8bCs8YCF4rs5jyU0whuKC10pp3071eUzam92OFaplcj03EHoZsopv7c88 XisXqIcKrfjE17n8Q82VMTUwmCnfgU44QfnQBGnpekr2d3sjyA0wydmzW04Un5Ua67ypZE4cev0G mO9PuijGIJU475oSc4antyvVJODVJgS4AyG2mxefNFZ+ZKAdyJJJDiUeGiTwL151D1zmG2u1AAAA AElFTkSuQmCC In-Reply-To: <3791-Tue01Apr2003062831+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> ("Eli Zaretskii"'s message of "Tue, 01 Apr 2003 06:28:32 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090017 (Oort Gnus v0.17) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12811 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12811 >> The output from the inferior could be sent directly to the >> input/output buffer but the author of this part of the code from >> gdba.el (Tom Lord?) used cat because: >> >> ;; We want to use comint because it has various nifty and familiar >> ;; features. We don't need a process, but comint wants one, so create >> ;; a dummy one. > > I don't understand why is this important; perhaps someone else does. FYI, IELM had a similar problem, which has been fixed like so: ;; Was cat, but on non-Unix platforms that might not exist, so ;; use hexl instead, which is part of the Emacs distribution. (condition-case nil (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "hexl") (file-error (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "cat"))) Ted -- Edward O'Connor ted@oconnor.cx Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.