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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.emacs.help Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!mvh From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) Subject: Re: Help with emacs shell - no job control Message-ID: <mvhDzMs20.24H@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.emacs.help Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <mvhDz9xE0.8A2@netcom.com> <5412e0$dr9@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 14:54:00 GMT Lines: 23 Sender: mvh@netcom14.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:29693 gnu.emacs.help:38628 I downloaded 19.34 and compiled it and the problem went away. Too bad that 19.31 is the CD distribution! J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) wrote: : > When I launch a shell under Emacs 19.31 with FreeBSD 2.1.5 release CD, : > the shell states "cannot reach terminal, thus no job control under : > shell" or something simlilar. If I run a PS -l, I see that that the : > pty that the shell is using for input has a "-" after it, meaning that : > the shell can't access it. I can't do a control-c to stop a big job. : > This was not the behaviour with the 2.1 CD, neither with 19.34 at work : > under Solaris 2.5, any hints? : ...neither happens it on my systems, but that's all with older : versions of Emacs (19.27 and 19.29, IIRC). : -- : cheers, J"org : joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE : Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)