Re: How to put emacs in fg if it was run by "xterm -e emacs -nw"

[Matthieu Moy]

Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> writes:

> [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
>
> <Chenfu.Wang@nokia.com>], who wrote in article 
> <mailman.17184.1133268938.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>:
>> Run "xterm -e emacs -nw" and then press "Ctrl + Z". Is there way to put =
>> emacs back to foreground?
>
> [Please disregard the BS in the earlier answers to your post (there is
>  no shell in the picture).]

Actually, on my machine, C-z doesn't suspend Emacs when started with
xterm -e emacs -nw.

> I do not think you have a chance;

I think "kill -CONT pid-of-emacs" should do it.

-- 
Matthieu