changeset 47969:cdc87bc8e049

(inferior-emacs-lisp-mode): If hexl not found, use cat. point-min != 1.
author Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:49:17 +0000
parents 73b8f2ad9e28
children 739a7a89fa55
files lisp/ielm.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/ielm.el	Mon Oct 21 22:45:20 2002 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ielm.el	Mon Oct 21 22:49:17 2002 +0000
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@
   "Major mode for interactively evaluating Emacs Lisp expressions.
 Uses the interface provided by `comint-mode' (which see).
 
-* \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-send-input] evaluates the sexp following the prompt. There must be at most
-  one top-level sexp per prompt.
+* \\<ielm-map>\\[ielm-send-input] evaluates the sexp following the prompt.  There must be at most
+  one top level sexp per prompt.
 
 * \\[ielm-return] inserts a newline and indents, or evaluates a
   complete expression (but see variable `ielm-dynamic-return').
@@ -499,7 +499,9 @@
   (unless (comint-check-proc (current-buffer))
     ;; Was cat, but on non-Unix platforms that might not exist, so
     ;; use hexl instead, which is part of the Emacs distribution.
-    (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "hexl")
+    (condition-case nil
+	(start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "hexl")
+      (file-error (start-process "ielm" (current-buffer) "cat")))
     (process-kill-without-query (ielm-process))
     (goto-char (point-max))
     
@@ -512,7 +514,7 @@
     (ielm-set-pm (point-max))
     (unless comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields
       (add-text-properties
-       1 (point-max)
+       (point-min) (point-max)
        '(rear-nonsticky t field output inhibit-line-move-field-capture t)))
     (comint-output-filter (ielm-process) ielm-prompt)
     (set-marker comint-last-input-start (ielm-pm))