"sudo emacs" cannot be backgrounded afterward by shell
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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emacs23 (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
When I run:
$ sudo emacs /etc/myfile
and later try to background it by typing ^Z in the invoking shell, the keystroke is ignored and merely echoes to the screen as "^Z".
This did NOT happen in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
This does NOT happen for any of the following commands:
$ sudo emacs -nw /etc/myfile (which runs emacs in the existing gnome-terminal window)
$ sudo gnome-terminal (a different program that also opens a window)
I realize that there are workarounds, like manually sending the suspend signal:
$ sudo kill -TSTP <pid of emacs>
but something special and new (and unwanted) is happening with emacs here.
Other users have experienced this problem on other distros:
http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: emacs23 23.4+1-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Sep 10 06:57:04 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: emacs23
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Confirming that this is still broken in Saucy Salamander.