[erlang-questions] erl -sname, emacs, connect to repl

[t x]

Everything appears to work.

Thanks!

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Steve Vinoski <vinoski@REDACTED> wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:37 AM, t x <txrev319@REDACTED> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Given:
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>>   machine name: server
>>   user account: x
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>>   x@REDACTED$ erl -sname gandalf
>>   ## we now have an erl running
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>> Question:
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>>   Now, from emacs, how do I tell emacs "connect a repl to the node
>> with sname gandalf" instead of "fire up a new session of erl" ?
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> If you give a prefix arg to erlang-shell, it reads arguments from the
> minibuffer. The tricky part is that you also have to set the TERM env var.
> So, if you type
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> C-u M-x erlang-shell
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> you'll be prompted with "Erlang command: " to enter the erlang shell
> command. At the prompt enter something like the following:
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> erl -sname bilbo -remsh gandalf@REDACTED -env TERM vt100
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> The "-env TERM vt100" part is very important, since if you leave it off, the
> new node will start just fine but will silently fail to connect to the other
> node.
>
> --steve