rofl0r / rofl0r/proxychains-ng

Emacs asynchronous process fails

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Description

When using the proxychian emacs command, the following lisp statement fails.

(start-process "my-process" "foo" "chromium")

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with the proxychian emacs command and the shown start-process expression in Emacs. Trace how this asynchronous process launch is handled, then verify that the expression starts chromium successfully when run through the command.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, emacs
Domain
operating-systems, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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