GNU bug report logs - #18133
Suppressing asynchronous command output

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: rudalics <at> gmx.at, 18133 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#18133: Suppressing asynchronous command output
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 08:23:31 +0200

> From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 01:20:42 +0000
> Cc: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>, 18133 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> +(defun comint-make-newly-written-buffer-visible (string process)
> +  "Make the output buffer visible when output is added to an empty buffer.
> +Useful in `comint-preoutput-filter-functions'."
> +  (let ((buffer (process-buffer process)))
> +    (when (and (= 0 (buffer-size buffer))
> +               (string-match-p "\\*Async Shell Command\\*"
> +                               (buffer-name buffer)))
> +      (display-buffer (process-buffer process))))
> +  string)

Why are we hard-coding a certain buffer name in a function that is
supposed to be more general, judging by its name and doc string?

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