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From: wilensky@aaet.csc.ti.com (Harold Wilensky)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Emacs shell-command function
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Date: 20 Mar 89 15:45:33 GMT
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I am using emacs on a Sun 386i. When I issue the lisp shell-command
function from an emacs lisp program, it usually takes 2 to 3 seconds
before anything happens. This, of course is annoying. Is there another
way to issue a Unix shell command that is faster or a better way to do
this?

--Harold Wilensky
wilensky@aaet.csc.ti.com