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bug#25496: 25.1.91; INSIDE_EMACS env variable is not set in eshell
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#25496: 25.1.91; INSIDE_EMACS env variable is not set in eshell |
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Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:20:33 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Alex Hutcheson wrote:
> The INSIDE_EMACS environmental variable is set for comint processes,
> including M-x shell and ansi-term. However, it's not set for eshell or
> for processes launched by eshell. This makes it difficult for scripts to
> detect whether or not they are being run inside eshell.
Could you give some examples of where this matters?
It never has been set for eshell, AFAIK.
When I think of INSIDE_EMACS usage, the only thing that comes to mind is
interactive bash, which obviously isn't relevant for eshell (as a bash
replacement).
> The INSIDE_EMACS env variable should be set within eshell, or should at
> least be set for processes launched by eshell.