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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Message #51 received at 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk
Subject: Re: bug#20484: bug#20202: Considered Harmful 73d213: 'Comint, term,
 and compile new set Emacs'
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:59:11 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:51:51 -0400
> Cc: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> 	20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Maybe the best solution is to stop messing with $EMACS by default (and
> hence change the behavior of sub-shells in negative ways for some
> users), and then provide an easy way for those users to get back the
> "fully featured" sub-shell they love.

I don't think this will satisfy users of those shells.
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