From: Josef.Bauer.NOSPAM@web.de (Josef G. Bauer)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Executing External Programs from Emacs
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:52:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <wtpljs6oaz9.fsf@storch.mchp.siemens.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1a12217a-86cb-4088-8fd1-731ce415e68a@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com
Hi,
isn't 'call-process' what you are looking for?
Maybe search Google Groups for 'dired-do-shell-command-in-background'.
Greetings
Josef
>>>>> "dstein64" == dstein64 <DStein64@gmail.com> writes:
dstein64> Are there any functions that can launch external
dstein64> programs (not just command line programs, but also GUI
dstein64> programs) from Emacs? I know that I can access a shell,
dstein64> and call a program from there, but then emacs is not
dstein64> operable until I close the program. Prepending the
dstein64> command with `nohup' is useful, but for some reason it
dstein64> does not work as expected with all programs, including
dstein64> emacs. I would prefer another way of doing this - using
dstein64> a specific built-in of emacs lisp if one exists. Any
dstein64> help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-16 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-14 6:48 Executing External Programs from Emacs dstein64
2009-02-14 10:00 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-02-14 10:30 ` Nurullah Akkaya
2009-02-14 10:53 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-02-14 13:08 ` Michael Albinus
2009-02-14 14:47 ` Xah Lee
2009-02-14 20:30 ` tyler
2009-02-16 11:52 ` Josef G. Bauer [this message]
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2009-02-14 21:25 Xavier Maillard
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