On 9/1/21 2:10 PM, C. Yang wrote:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Description:
>
> Whenever I start my session, I'd like to automatically open emacs to a
> specific file.
>
> So, I added the emacs command to the bottom of my ~/.bashrc file. This
> opens emacs
>
> correctly when I start the session.
>
>
>
> Normally, when I start emacs, I can background the process with CTRL+Z, and
> foreground
>
> with `fg` command. When emacs is started from .bashrc as above, pressing
> CTRL+Z does
>
> not correctly background the process. Instead, the terminal session goes
> blank and
>
> becomes unresponsive.
Bash doesn't initialize job control until after reading the startup files,
which are executed in a nominally non-interactive environment.
You can force that initialization by running `set -m'. It may work for your
purposes.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU [email protected] http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
