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| From: | Nic Ferrier |
| Subject: | Re: a suggested solution for better external' completion in certain emacs modes |
| Date: | Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:32:47 +0000 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes: > > What exactly would tell Readline to start treating the pty that way? > > That is, how does Readline know it is time to read a completion > > command rather than a line of input? > > An environment variable on the sub-program invocation. > > The environment variable can't be changed during sub-program execution. > Are you saying that ALL communication with the subprogram will > use this new command protocol? Not just when the user asks for > completion? Yes. It would be a completely new way for Emacs to communicate with Readline programs. But it would still be implemented in comint so that comint could pick when to use the new method and when to use ordinary pty communication. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk
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