GNU bug report logs - #24922
24.4; serial-term always launches in char mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:16:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 24922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>
Cc: 24922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24922: 24.4; serial-term always launches in char mode
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 14:18:56 +0200

Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org> writes:

> When you open a serial connection with M-x serial-term, there is no way
> to set it to line mode without defadvice. If you use term-mode-hook to
> activate term-line-mode, it is immediately overridden by a call to
> term-char-mode on line 4297 of term.el in the serial-term defun.
>
> It would be better if it were possible to change it to default to line
> mode using a defvar or defcustom.

(I'm going through older Emacs bug reports that have received no
response.)

I've now added an optional argument to the command to leave it in line
mode on the Emacs trunk.

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