Re: Load other program from emacs

[Richard]

Thanks a lot! It workds very well except a buffer call 'Async Shell
Command' popup. It not a problem, but if any method can hide it
automatically will make things better.

Richard

Joakim Hove <hove@bccs.no> wrote in message 
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> Li Chen <cli2@student.monash.edu.au> writes:
> 
> > Is there any method which can load other programs within emacs and
> > return the control to emacs immediately instead leave emacs waiting
> > until that program was ended?
> 
> C-h f shell-command:
> 
> 
>   shell-command is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'.
>   (shell-command COMMAND &optional OUTPUT-BUFFER ERROR-BUFFER)
> 
>   Execute string COMMAND in inferior shell; display output, if any.
>   With prefix argument, insert the COMMAND's output at point.
> 
>   If COMMAND ends in ampersand, execute it asynchronously.
>   The output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell Command*'.
>   That buffer is in shell mode.
>   ...
>   ...
> 
> So, adding an "&" at the end of the command should do the trick?
> 
> HTH - Joakim