On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:49:36 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com> wrote: > > + # We cannot call 'test_emacs' in a subshell, because > > + # the setting of EMACS_SERVER would not persist > > + # throughout a sequence of tests, so we use a > > + # temporary file. > > + tmp="$TMPDIR"; if [ -z "$tmp" ]; then tmp=/tmp; fi > > + output="$tmp/test_emacs_output.$$" > > + test_emacs "$1" > "${output}" > > + result=$(cat "${output}") > > + rm -f "${output}" > > I wonder if there is any bash trick which can help here? I'm not aware of one, but I'm not a bash expert. > Another option is to start emacs server before using test_emacs in > subshell. See emacs-subject-to-filename for an example. I think this > is a better option than using a temporary file. I think that's a very poor option. Forcing knowledge the breakage into all of the users may make applying any future fix more difficult.