Re: compiling or grepping always shows ":Run Compiling"

[J. David Boyd]

Stefan Reichör <stefan@xsteve.at> writes:

> dave@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
> 
> > Stefan Reichör <stefan@xsteve.at> writes:
> > > I see that behaviour also sometimes.
> > > 
> > > When I issue the following command:
> > > M-: (setq compilation-in-progress nil)
> > > 
> > > The "Compiling" goes away.
> > > 
> > 
> > Is the process still running in your circumstance?  When I go to exit
> > emacs later, I always get a warning that the process is still running.
> 
> No the process has already finished when that happened.
>  
> > I'll have to look and see if ps shows me the process.  I've assumed it is
> > running...
> 
> Stefan.

Hmm, my process is finished, well, actually, it shows in ps as <defunct>.

Is that some kind of clue, to the more worldly out there?

Dave