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From: neves@ai.WISC.EDU (David M. Neves)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: How do I get pty's to work in GNU emacs?
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Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 02:05:55 EDT
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In article <1821585@ncrcpx.UUCP> craig@ncrcpx.UUCP (R. Craig Peterson) writes:
>
>I'm running GNU Emacs 18.47 on a SYSVR2 machine.  I've installed the
>pty driver that was on the net into my os, and have put the HAVE_PTYS,
>and the FIRST_PTY_LETTER defines into my include file.
>
>I'm able to compile emacs just fine, however when I spawn off a shell
>(w/M-x shell) it doesn't use a pty.  The same is true when I try and
>use the shell-command function.

I had this problem.  I fixed it by giving write access (chmod +w) to
the ptys on /dev.  I don't know why it works but I stopped getting
pipes after that.
David Neves, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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