GNU bug report logs - #25496
25.1.91; INSIDE_EMACS env variable is not set in eshell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Hutcheson <alexhutcheson <at> google.com>

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:33:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 39596

Found in versions 25.1.91, 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 25496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Alex Hutcheson <alexhutcheson <at> google.com>
Cc: 25496 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25496: 25.1.91; INSIDE_EMACS env variable is not set in eshell
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:20:33 -0500

Alex Hutcheson wrote:

> The INSIDE_EMACS environmental variable is set for comint processes,
> including M-x shell and ansi-term. However, it's not set for eshell or
> for processes launched by eshell. This makes it difficult for scripts to
> detect whether or not they are being run inside eshell.

Could you give some examples of where this matters?
It never has been set for eshell, AFAIK.

When I think of INSIDE_EMACS usage, the only thing that comes to mind is
interactive bash, which obviously isn't relevant for eshell (as a bash
replacement).

> The INSIDE_EMACS env variable should be set within eshell, or should at
> least be set for processes launched by eshell.
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