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Re: Executing External Programs from Emacs
From: |
Josef G. Bauer |
Subject: |
Re: Executing External Programs from Emacs |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:52:10 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
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.
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- Re: Executing External Programs from Emacs, Michael Albinus, 2009/02/14
- Re: Executing External Programs from Emacs, Xah Lee, 2009/02/14
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Josef G. Bauer <=