a quick question about emacs...

newbieME · 03-20-2003, 07:48 PM

okay for some reason, in kde xterm, when i type emacs, i sometimes get a nice gui version of emacs and sometimes i just get emacs opening itself in the xterm window without all the picture mumbo jumbo...what option changes this??

i prefer the text based emacs

doublefailure · 03-20-2003, 08:12 PM

emacs -nw
nowindow

opens up in terminal

newbieME · 03-20-2003, 08:28 PM

nice thanks..umm but i am wondering...if it possible to set it up so when i used emacs -nw /etc/whatever &
it will open up another xterm with emacs???
cuz right now..i just get nothing when i type that in...

doublefailure · 03-20-2003, 09:02 PM

when u do -nw u can't supply &
it will be on terminal , how would it be background.

well u can do emacs -nw & and fg
but no point to do that =)

about the other question.. i don't know

anon099 · 03-20-2003, 10:45 PM

ok... well you have to set an option to xterm. i dont know if this works for eterm but you can try it. type:

xterm -e emacs -nw /name/of/file &

and that should po up a new window. the & is just so that you can run it in the background so you can have your original xterm window back. the -e is the option to execute the following program in the new xterm window. you could start any other program here instaed of emacs. If this is what you need write back because you would be the official first person i've helped. super fun!!

cuckoopint · 03-20-2003, 11:07 PM

padlamoij, be good and put some quotes around the -e command.
; )

yeah, and someone was asking: the & does not address emacs but the xterm that is being opened - that's why some quotes could really remove confusion.

anon099 · 03-20-2003, 11:10 PM

i am still a bit new to the world o' linux... um... what do you mean by quotes?

doublefailure · 03-21-2003, 12:36 AM

quotes 'blah blah' or "blah blah" or `blah blah`

i guess he was saying
xterm -e "emacs -nw /name/of/file" &
could have looked more clear where & is being binded (with xterm not with emacs)
although if u put quotes around it , it doesn't work..(at least in my machine)

anon099 · 03-21-2003, 01:08 AM

ahhhh... point taken... but would a total newbie put the quotes in

newbieME · 03-21-2003, 08:36 AM

ahhh neat...that sounds like it will work..i will give it a try when i get home

cuckoopint · 03-21-2003, 07:16 PM

Quote:

although if u put quotes around it , it doesn't work..(at least in my machine)

works on mine.
maybe try

Code:

xterm -e "emacs -nw temp"&      #notice lack of space before &
xterm -e 'emacs -nw temp'&       #single quote - should also work

anon099 · 03-21-2003, 07:19 PM

ahhhhhh. i have once again learned something new. thanks