Re: break (C-c C-C) in shell broken

[fred]

I was told a work-around:
 typing C-q C-c C-q C-c and then enter
which is working.

Maybe now somebody may have an idea on what could have broken the C-c C-c
command, and how to fix it ? 

thanks.

Fred.



address@hidden (Kai Großjohann) wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...
> address@hidden (fred) writes:
> 
> > address@hidden (Kai Großjohann) wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...
> >> address@hidden (fred) writes:
> >> 
> >> > I am using all the time a shell window from emacs and it 
> >> > used to be the case that Control-C Control-C would send a 
> >> > break to the shell. It is a feature I use all the time
> >> > (specially when doing SQL queries).
> >> > However, it stopped working just recently. 
> >> 
> >> What does C-h k C-c C-c say in the situation where you would like it
> >> to send a break to the shell?
> >> 
> > C-c C-c runs the command comint-interrupt-subjob
> >    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `comint'.
> > (comint-interrupt-subjob)
> >
> >> What happens when you type C-c C-c to send a break to the shell?
> >
> > nothing.
> 
> Hm.  C-c C-c is invoking the right command, but the command doesn't
> do anything.
> 
> I have no idea how come this happens.  Hm.  I would perhaps locate
> the source for the function (M-x find-function RET
> comint-interrupt-subjob RET), then M-x edebug-defun RET it, then
> single-step through it to see what happens.