On Fri, Oct 04 2024,Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram....@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:40:15 +0530
>> User-Mail-Address: nsivaram....@gmail.com
>>
>> on GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 2, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2024-07-05, when I
>> invoke M-x shell, I get garbled characters which seem to go away with
>> with setting PS1; see below
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> The problem is that you are using the MSYS Bash, and that Windows
> doesn't support the ioctl calls required for "M-x shell" to work with
> Bash.
>
> Emacs on Windows uses pipes to communicate with sub-processes, so any
> Bash settings that are meant for interactive use will likely not work
> in "M-x shell", because pipes are not terminal devices.
>
> You could try customizing explicit-bash-args, maybe it will help.
>
>
I added this to my shell configuration and the issue is gone now.
(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(let ((proc (get-process "shell")))
(comint-send-string proc "export PS1=\"\\e[0;31m[\\u@\\h
\\W]\\$ \\e[m \"\n"))))
Looks like this can be used to set multiple shell settings for the active shell
at start up
sivaram
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