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From: | Shawn Presser |
Subject: | bug#34123: A patch to fix reading EOF characters in non-interactive mode |
Date: | Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:22:06 -0600 |
> From: Shawn Presser <shawnpresser@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:20:54 -0600
> Cc: 34123@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> It's non-interactive:
>
> arc> |noninteractive|
> t
>
> (The _expression_ |noninteractive| in arcmacs is equivalent to evaluating 'noninteractive in emacs lisp.)
>
> The runtimes start by invoking emacs using `emacs -Q --script ...`, so it's always noninteractive. And in
> general for writing shell scripts rather than repls, it's important to be in noninteractive mode. But it's equally
> important to have the ability to prompt the user from a shell script, and for the user to be able to cancel by
> using ^D without causing stdin errors on all subsequent prompts.
I think we are miscommunicating, since your usage involves Emacs
reading from the terminal. That is not noninteractive in my book.
What I mean by noninteractive is when stdin is not connected to a
terminal. Your proposed patch affects that case as well, doesn't it?
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