Re: Mode for output analysis

[Tassilo Horn]

Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Andrea,

> first a couple of questions:
> - is it possible to rewrite on an existing buffer (which is read-only)
>   more easily than how I do (checking if exist, kill and then create a
>   new one)?

Use something along the lines of

(progn
  (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*My Result Buffer*"))
  (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
    (erase-buffer)
    ;; do stuff in buffer...
    ))

> - am I sure in compile-and-show that the second expression is evaluated
>   after the compilation is over?
>   By default the subprocess are synchronous right?

Evaluate

  (progn (shell-command-to-string "sleep 5") (message "BING!"))

and see for yourself.

Bye,
Tassilo