GNU bug report logs - #20202
24.3; Comint mode sets a bad $EMACS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>

Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:46:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Phillip Lord" <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
To: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk
Subject: bug#20202: bug#20484: bug#20202: Considered Harmful 73d213: 'Comint, term, and compile new set Emacs'
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:56:40 +0100

On Sat, April 9, 2016 2:43 pm, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> http://www.swi-prolog.org/pldoc/man?section=flags
>> "SWI-Prolog assumes this is the case if the environment variable EMACS
>> is t"
>
> And here again, the page doesn't actually describe what would be the
> consequence of a missing EMACS=t setting.  For all we know, it works just
> fine without it.


They've just patched SWI-Prolog to look at INSIDE_EMACS anyway.

I'm guessing that anyone who wants the EMACS=t behaviour should be able to
get it back by adding (setenv "EMACS" "t") to their .emacs?

Phil
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