Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
On Tue, 2006-26-12 at 19:24 -0500: ...[snip]... Good, however you should not really need to use ansi-mode. I do not, and don't have the trouble you mentioned. In normal shell-mode (M-x shell) I do see the escape sequences you mention but not in eshell (M-x eshell). ...[snip]... I have similar problems with xemacs. Both shell and eshell act the same and there seems to be no ansi-term for xemacs. This used to work fine. Could this be a terminfo problem? When I do the following in a xemacs shell: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ echo $TERM emacs [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ find /usr/share/terminfo -name emacs -print [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ Doesn't this indicate that the terminal type emacs is missing from the terminfo database. If so, how would I get it back? Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
Tom Naujokas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 2006-27-12 at 12:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...[snip]... Are you using [Xe]macs in console mode or in an xterm .. other? I'm starting xemacs from an xterm with the command xemacs . What is the output of `alias|grep ls'? $ alias|grep ls alias d='ls --color' alias ll='ls --color -l' alias ls='ls --color=auto' But still, wouldn't commands like ls or gcc need the terminfo in order to know the correct escape sequences to generate for that internal terminal? I am not an expert and not an Xemacs user... I use fsf emacs since 1996. However my terminfo has no entry for emacs either and I do not see the escape sequences so I think the answer to above question is no. You might have a lisp package called ansi-colors.el in your Xemacs installation. Run this command against the directory that holds all the Xemacs source lisp files (ending in *.el *.elc) find YourLispDirectory/ -iname '*ansi*' And see if it is available. If so I think it will do what you need for now. But I do beleive something in your env is causing the trouble. For expert advice on this I suggest you post a question on: gnu.emacs.xemacs newsgroup. You can get to that newsgroup on www.gmane.org to. Its called: gmane.emacs.xemacs.general Someone there will be able to give you expert advice. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:54:01 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:00:31 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: G'day, I habitually run emacs shell sessions. When I forget the --color options, for example for the ls and emerge commands, the shell session displays the ascii escape sequences which is pretty ugly. Is there an option for telling emacs to handle escape sequences? Does the problem persist if you use `eshell' instead of shell? (M-x eshell RET) There is an ansi mode that is made to hand escape sequences but that should not be necessary. All recent emacs just work. That makes me think it is something in your environment. To get expert help I suggest you post on gnu.emacs.help Or on gmane.emacs.help (same list). Eureka! A search for ansi at gmane suggested using ansi-term instead of shell. That gave me color but previous line editing and such were different, which I'm not sure I like :- So I looked in /usr/share/emacs/... for ansi-term and found ansi-color.el. Comments at the beginning tell how to turn on color within a shell. This looks like what I want! Thank you muchly. David -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A search for ansi at gmane suggested using ansi-term instead of shell. That gave me color but previous line editing and such were different, which I'm not sure I like :- So I looked in /usr/share/emacs/... for ansi-term and found ansi-color.el. Comments at the beginning tell how to turn on color within a shell. This looks like what I want! Good, however you should not really need to use ansi-mode. I do not, and don't have the trouble you mentioned. In normal shell-mode (M-x shell) I do see the escape sequences you mention but not in eshell (M-x eshell). I think, if you post on gmane.emacs.help with what you are experiencing someone will be able to help you identify, what in your OS setup is causing the problem. I did notice one thread where the user ended up discovering somekind of alias to ls that was causing his problem. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/39496/focus=39505 Typing `alias' in an xterm might reveal something. Here I see: alias ls='ls --color=auto' as the only reference to ls. Posting there with your exact problem would probably be best. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:51:22 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...[snip]... Good, however you should not really need to use ansi-mode. I do not, and don't have the trouble you mentioned. In normal shell-mode (M-x shell) I do see the escape sequences you mention but not in eshell (M-x eshell). I think, if you post on gmane.emacs.help with what you are experiencing someone will be able to help you identify, what in your OS setup is causing the problem. I did notice one thread where the user ended up discovering somekind of alias to ls that was causing his problem. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/39496/focus=39505 Typing `alias' in an xterm might reveal something. Here I see: alias ls='ls --color=auto' as the only reference to ls. Posting there with your exact problem would probably be best. I generally have ls aliased to 'ls --color=none' and that works fine. In my post I used ls as a simple example of a program that can/does use escape sequences. Other programs that use escape sequences are emerge and runscript (used in starting services). Alias 'emerge --color' suppresses ansi color sequences for direct invocations of emerge (because the alias is used for that). I also use 'eix-sync' which runs emerge. In _this_ instance, ansi escape sequences are _not_ suppressed and I do find them annoying. Now that I'm home from work, I have the time to experiment :- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:00:31 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: G'day, I habitually run emacs shell sessions. When I forget the --color options, for example for the ls and emerge commands, the shell session displays the ascii escape sequences which is pretty ugly. Is there an option for telling emacs to handle escape sequences? Does the problem persist if you use `eshell' instead of shell? (M-x eshell RET) yes. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:00:31 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: G'day, I habitually run emacs shell sessions. When I forget the --color options, for example for the ls and emerge commands, the shell session displays the ascii escape sequences which is pretty ugly. Is there an option for telling emacs to handle escape sequences? Does the problem persist if you use `eshell' instead of shell? (M-x eshell RET) There is an ansi mode that is made to hand escape sequences but that should not be necessary. All recent emacs just work. That makes me think it is something in your environment. To get expert help I suggest you post on gnu.emacs.help Or on gmane.emacs.help (same list). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: emacs shell color question
David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: G'day, I habitually run emacs shell sessions. When I forget the --color options, for example for the ls and emerge commands, the shell session displays the ascii escape sequences which is pretty ugly. Is there an option for telling emacs to handle escape sequences? Does the problem persist if you use `eshell' instead of shell? (M-x eshell RET) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
