Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 15:32:43 +0300 (IDT) From: Eli Zaretskii To: Ingo Ruhnke cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: emacs - three questions In-Reply-To: <3524bc6e.0@news1.cityweb.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Ingo Ruhnke wrote: > 1. Is there a way I can save the text files in Unix file format > and not in the MS-DOS format? If the original file is a Unix-style text file, use the command `find-file-binary' when you load the file. Alternatively, if you already have the text in an Emacs buffer, press M-:, answer `y' to the prompt, and then type the following gobbledygook in the echo area: (setq buffer-file-type t) Now whenever you save the file, Emacs won't convert the newlines into DOS-style CRLF pairs. But the best solution is to upgrade to Emacs 20 which will automagically leave a Unix-style file with its original EOL format. > 2. When I want to type an shell command and press return > before anything is typed, emacs hangs (AFAIK because it is in > trapped in COMMAND.COM) Your analysis is correct. Don't do that. > 3. Is there a way I can automaticly refresh the screen after a > shell command? For example after executing and Allegro Prg > the screen is messed, until I type refresh-display Ctrl-L causes a redisplay. But as far as I understand your situation, you are running graphics programs via `M-!'. If so, this is incorrect usage: M-! is meant to run programs that don't grab the screen; it is meant for programs which input and output text via the normal stdio functions. For graphics programs, shell out to DOS using `C-x C-z' and run the programs from the inferior shell. When you are done, type "Exit RET" to return to Emacs. > 4. If the programm crashes, how can I ran symify over the > programm output? I can ran it as a shell command, but > don't know if this is the right way, but it works. `symify' can work on a file where the traceback was saved. See section 9.2 of the DJGPP FAQ list.