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Re: making already started shell-commands (ESC !) asynchronous
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: making already started shell-commands (ESC !) asynchronous |
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:01:34 -0400 |
> Often I do ESC ! [or ! in dired] for what turns out to be a long
> extended command, like xdvi, gv, xpdf. Sure if I had added an & to
> the command line, I wouldn't have to wait for the command to finish
> before getting emacs to stop waiting. But there should be a mechanism
> provided where one can turn a synchronous command into a asynchronous
> background command, even after the command has started.
Sure. It's called job control.
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