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Re: *shell* fast and loose with what it sends to the shell
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: *shell* fast and loose with what it sends to the shell |
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Fri, 04 Jun 2004 15:13:29 -0600 |
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Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Often in the *shell* buffer, the first letter or so of a command gets
> stripped when sent to the shell:
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> 08:04 fm$ dlocate -L gdal
> 08:10 1 fm$ locate: invalid option -- L
> Usage: locate [-d path | --database=path] [-e | --existing]
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> Here I typed "dlocate" but it only sent "locate" to the shell.
> This may be because I had been moving the cursor around lots,
Well, does it happen if you don't move the cursor around a lot?
> and have a fancy shell prompt.
Well, does it happen if you don't have a fancy shell prompt? If not,
what is your shell prompt and what are all the shell-* and comint-*
variables when it happens?
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Kevin Rodgers