Re: shell mode, changing directory

[Phillip Lord <p.lord@russet.org.uk>]

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com> writes:

  >> This appears to change the default directory of the buffer, not
  >> the

  >> current working directory of the shell, which is not really what
  >> I want.


  Kevin> Sorry, that's just what you asked for.

I was a little unclear about what I wanted, I agree. 

  >> Both need to happen.

  Kevin> Then do what comint-send-input (which is what RET is bound to
  Kevin> in the *shell* buffer) does:

  Kevin> (funcall comint-input-sender
  Kevin> 	 (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) (format "cd %s"
  Kevin> 	 DIRECTORY))

Okay, yes, this works.....

 (process-send-string 
   (get-buffer-process 
    (current-buffer)) "cd ~\n")
  (cd "~")
  (insert-string "cd ~\n" ))


which changes the current working directory of the shell, the buffer,
and tells the user what has happened. 

Cheers

Phil