Re: Checking Process Status

[CarlC]

"CarlC" <carlc@snowbd.com> wrote in message
news:Ewz2a.39752$yn1.1662533@twister.austin.rr.com...
> This code has worked for me. To do away with the "undesirable
consequences",
> I make this temporary in the compile function:
>
> (defadvice compile (before cobol-compile activate)
>   "Set compile-command and make compile syncronous"
>   (fset 'save-start-process (symbol-function 'start-process))
>   (fmakunbound 'start-process))
>
> (defadvice compile (after cobol-compile activate)
>   "Process cobol error listing."
>   (fset 'start-process 'save-start-process)
> ...

Spoke too soon. This code breaks with "Symbol's chain of function
indirections contains a loop: start-process" if I run a compile more than
once and then try to open a shell buffer. Anyone know the proper way to
accomplish this?