GNU bug report logs - #1973
Bug in simple.el (Emacs version 22.2.1)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sebastian Tennant <sebyte <at> smolny.plus.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 2103

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Sebastian Tennant <sebyte <at> smolny.plus.com>
Cc: 1973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1973: Bug in simple.el (Emacs version 22.2.1)
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:04:23 -0500

> Asynchronous commands called via shell-command, for example:

>  (shell-command "apt-get update &")

> fill the buffer *Async Shell Command Output* with Ctrl-Ms, which I'm
> sure is not what's intended.

> My patch (attached) fixes this by using make-comint-in-buffer, rather
> than start-process, to call the asynchronous process.

Such a feature would be good, indeed.  I'm not sure that just using
make-comint-in-buffer is good enough.  Maybe we should provide a new
command instead, along the lines of comint-run, or maybe even change
comint-run so that it accepts a shell command rather than an
executable name.


        Stefan
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