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Re: emacs Shell mode vs AC_CHECK_PROG(EMACS, ...)
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Don.Bashford |
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Re: emacs Shell mode vs AC_CHECK_PROG(EMACS, ...) |
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Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:10:05 -0500 |
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>>>>> "rms" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
rms> For a short-term correction, I think the easiest way is to
rms> change Autoconf to ignore a value of `t' for this environment
rms> variable. Autoconf maintainers, what do you think?
rms> For longer term, perhaps the best thing is to change Emacs to
rms> use a different environment variable. Alas, I don't remember
rms> what software checks that environment variable, or the motive
rms> for binding it.
rms> Is it Bash? I have cc'd the Bash maintainer so he can
rms> answer.
Yes, I think that's it. From the bash info pages:
`EMACS'
If Bash finds this variable in the environment when the shell
starts with value `t', it assumes that the shell is running in an
emacs shell buffer and disables line editing.
-Don
Re: emacs Shell mode vs AC_CHECK_PROG(EMACS, ...), Paul Eggert, 2006/09/11