Patch: New variable ilisp-*process-connection-type*

I will commit the change below unless there are objections.

(Does anyone remember what the "strings can be long" comment means?
Are there problems with ptys on some systems?)

Index: ilisp-def.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/ilisp/ILISP/ilisp-def.el,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.17 ilisp-def.el
--- ilisp-def.el	28 May 2002 18:52:29 -0000	1.17
+++ ilisp-def.el	29 Aug 2002 08:52:39 -0000
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@
 This will speed up completion, but you no longer get partial
 completion.")
 
+(defvar ilisp-*process-connection-type* nil
+  "*Control type of device used to communicate with the inferior LISP.
+This is the value of `process-connection-type' used by ILISP buffers.
+The default is nil, i.e., use a pipe, so that \"strings can be long\".  On
+some systems, it should be set to t, i.e., use a pseudo terminal, or
+signalling would not work right.")
+
 (deflocal ilisp-filter-regexp nil
   "*What not to save on an inferior LISP's input history.
 Input matching this regexp is not saved on the input history in ilisp
Index: ilisp-mod.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/ilisp/ILISP/ilisp-mod.el,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 ilisp-mod.el
--- ilisp-mod.el	12 May 2001 22:10:53 -0000	1.5
+++ ilisp-mod.el	29 Aug 2002 08:52:39 -0000
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@
       (let* ((dialect (car ilisp-dialect))
 	     (program ilisp-program)
 	     (args (lisp-command-args program))
-	     ;; Use pipes so that strings can be long
-	     (process-connection-type nil)
+	     (process-connection-type ilisp-*process-connection-type*)
 	     (names (format "%s" name))
 	     start)
 	(apply 'make-comint name (car args) nil (cdr args))

-- 
Matthias Köppe -- http://www.math.uni-magdeburg.de/~mkoeppe


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