bug#1819: I can reproduce this on that pre-release Emacs 24 build on WIndows Server 2003 100%

[Joseph Jones]

I can confirm that both the start command as well as hitting RET 3-4 times both work for me. Interesting side note: If the app brings up a dialog that requires input then displays a main window, both require the 3-4 RETs. In my case, I am using P4V.

1) In Emacs cmd shell type: p4v

2) Hit RET 3 times to display the connection dialog.

3) Enter connection information and hit OK

Note that nothing happens...

4) Hit RET 3 more times in the cmd shell

5) P4V main UI shows up.

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Joseph Jones <darkdescendant@gmail.com> wrote:

*** inline

On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:35:54 +0000
> From: darkdescendant@gmail.com
>
> I haven't tried the 4 CR trick outlined in the original posting but this is
> an issue that I have to deal with all the time. It stops me from doing all
> my work in Emacs.

Does it help to invoke GUI programs via "start", like this:

 d:\foo> start notepad

*** I didn't even think of that. I use that for a service that I am testing but didn't think to use it for non-service exes. I'll give that a shot when I am back in office tomorrow.  Thanks for the idea!