# HG changeset patch # User Eric S. Raymond # Date 711081693 0 # Node ID 4abf65b235d9f70c70f21e8d90129cf0a2c1d12c # Parent 02bfc9709961b91f572e9ea9adca0ade58fee99f *** empty log message *** diff -r 02bfc9709961 -r 4abf65b235d9 lisp/comint.el --- a/lisp/comint.el Tue Jul 14 02:11:50 1992 +0000 +++ b/lisp/comint.el Tue Jul 14 02:41:33 1992 +0000 @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ ;;; merge them into the master source. ;;; - Olin Shivers (shivers@cs.cmu.edu) -;;; This hopefully generalises shell mode, lisp mode, tea mode, soar mode,... ;;; This file defines a general command-interpreter-in-a-buffer package ;;; (comint mode). The idea is that you can build specific process-in-a-buffer ;;; modes on top of comint mode -- e.g., lisp, shell, scheme, T, soar, .... @@ -1183,13 +1182,10 @@ ;;; Converting process modes to use comint mode ;;; =========================================================================== -;;; Several gnu packages (tex-mode, background, dbx, gdb, kermit, prolog, -;;; telnet are some) use the shell package as clients. Most of them would -;;; be better off using the comint package, but they predate it. +;;; The code in the Emacs 19 distribution has all been modified to use comint +;;; where needed. However, there are `third-party' packages out there that +;;; still use the old shell mode. Here's a guide to conversion. ;;; -;;; Altering these packages to use comint mode should greatly -;;; improve their functionality, and is fairly easy. -;;; ;;; Renaming variables ;;; Most of the work is renaming variables and functions. These are the common ;;; ones: