QUERY [ Cited in full for the benefit of -beta readers. ] |--==> "davep" == David A Panariti <davep(a)meduseld.net&gt; writes: davep> Hi, davep> I' currently running davep> XEmacs 21.4 (patch 8) "Honest Recruiter" [Lucid] (i386--freebsd, Mule) davep> of Fri May 10 2002 on baloo.meduseld.net, davep> but I've had this problem since I switched to xemacs (ca 21.1.14ish). davep> When I run term (M-x term<RET>) I get stair-stepped output. Running davep> describe-coding-system in the term buf shows: davep> ... davep> decoding output from the process: Auto:T -- undecided-dos davep> ... davep> Which leads to stair-stepping since there is no CR to go along with davep> the LF which is expected in DOS type files. A simple patch uses a davep> let* to set coding-system-for-read, in my case, to davep> 'undecided-unix. However, this won't be correct for everyone. Does davep> anyone know how to set this properly, or why the coding-system guess davep> is incorrect? I'll enclose a patch and changelog in case this is davep> acceptable as it is (unlikely). I'm not too happy with it. I really don't like the idea of hard coding 'undecided-unix' into it. davep> At least it points to a place where a corrected setting of davep> coding-system-for-read can be placed. Does anyone know how we can do this in a more "dynamic" way? davep> Please CC me on any responses since I am not subscribed to this list. davep> regards, davep> davep davep> --- term.el.ORIG Sat May 25 18:11:39 2002 davep> +++ term.el Tue May 28 22:15:18 2002 davep> ＠＠ -1002,7 +1002,8 ＠＠ davep> If there is already a running process in that buffer, it is not restarted. davep> Optional third arg STARTFILE is the name of a file to send the contents of to davep> the process. Any more args are arguments to PROGRAM." davep> - (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create (concat "*" name "*")))) davep> + (let* ((coding-system-for-read 'undecided-unix) davep> + (buffer (get-buffer-create (concat "*" name "*")))) davep> ;; If no process, or nuked process, crank up a new one and put buffer in davep> ;; term mode. Otherwise, leave buffer and existing process alone. davep> (cond ((not (term-check-proc buffer)) davep> 2002-05-28 David A. Panariti <davep(a)meduseld.net&gt; davep> * term.el (make-term): Added let* to set coding-system-for-read to davep> 'undecided-unix to cure stair stepped output in term buffer. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|