[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#22096: 25.0.50; reading from fifo breaks display
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#22096: 25.0.50; reading from fifo breaks display |
Date: |
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:59:14 +0200 |
> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2015 10:19:32 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: 22096@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>
> > Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:40:38 -0500
> >
> > I suppose this is two issues, really. I am trying to read from a FIFO,
> > specifically one written to by mpd, configured in mpd.conf with
> >
> > audio_output {
> > type "fifo"
> > name "FIFO"
> > path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
> > format "44100:16:2"
> > }
> >
> > With mpd running I can see that the FIFO is there and I can read from it
> > with other tools/mpd clients.
> >
> > (info "(elisp) Reading from Files") suggests I should be able to read
> > from a FIFO.
>
> I guess you mean this part:
>
> It is possible to read a special file (such as a FIFO or an I/O
> device) with `insert-file-contents', as long as REPLACE and VISIT
> are `nil'.
>
> It seems this is no longer true, and we have to fix the manual to that
> effect.
Or maybe that text just gets the value of VISIT wrong: the code in
question is very old, and always signaled an error for non-regular
files when VISIT is nil.
bug#22096: 25.0.50; reading from fifo breaks display, Mark Oteiza, 2015/12/05