Re: Interactive commands cant be backgrounded if run from bashrc

[Greg Wooledge]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 12:15:35PM -0400, C. Yang wrote:
> I can confirm that adding `set -m` before the emacs command in .bashrc results
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> in the behavior I want with CTRL+Z. As I understand, `set -m` will enable job 
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> control features. This suffices for my use case.
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> However, is it possible that there may be further unexpected consequences,
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>  since bash is still waiting to complete initialization this entire time? 
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> For instance, if I stop and background emacs, then I find myself back to the 
> bash 
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> shell. But technically, bash is still waiting for .bashrc to complete. 

No, you're mistaken.  When you suspend emacs, bash finishes reading
the .bashrc file, and *then* it prints the shell prompt.

The fact that you see the prompt means bash has completed its startup.