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[PATCH] Fix eshell so that the builtin kill command works

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Message #8 received at 3719-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Jason A. Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3719-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix eshell so that the builtin kill command works
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:59:37 -0400

> We were on IRC today.  I mentioned that eshell's built-in kill command
> doesn't seem to be able to kill any processes -- not even xeyes.  But
> /bin/kill works fine.  Example:  kill 4946 didn't kill xeyes on my PC,
> but /bin/kill 4946 did.  I asked if anyone could confirm this.
>
> You <bojohan> and Phil Hagelberg <technomancy> both confirmed the bug.
>  Plus, you wrote a little patch to esh-arg.el and told me it would fix
> the problem:
>
> <  (add-text-properties 0 1 '(number t) str))
> >  (add-text-properties 0 (length str) '(number t) str))
>
> Yes.  It fixes the problem.  Could you please commit it?  :)

bjohan has committed the patch to the trunk.

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