GNU bug report logs - #36331
26.2; command run using dired-do-async-shell-command cannot take any input

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Prof Jayanth R Varma <jrvarma <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 26.2

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, jrvarma <at> gmail.com, 36331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36331: 26.2; command run using dired-do-async-shell-command cannot take any input
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 05:32:29 +0200

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

> So I've now changed the command here to be consistent -- never accept
> input (and mentioned this in the doc string for `&').

Sorry if this is a stupid question - but that change seems to make this:

  (require 'dired-aux)
  (dired-do-async-shell-command "xedit" nil '("~/.bashrc"))

behave as if the shell command was executed synchronously (try emacs
-Q).  Is this intended?

TIA,

Michael.
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