GNU bug report logs - #1975
Reusing dead shell buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jemarch <at> gnu.org

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:25:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 1975 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, cyd <at> stupidchicken.com
Subject: bug#1975: Reusing dead shell buffers
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:34:44 +0200

Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch <at> gnu.org> writes:

> If I want to restart the shell that is running in shell-gdb, I usually
> Ctrl-D to terminate it and then I reuse the buffer.  Without the patch
> I have to C-uM-xshell and then type shell-gdb.

Currently `C-u M-x shell' defaults to "*shell*", which seems pretty
nonsensical.  Surely if the user wanted to use that buffer, then she
would have just typed `M-x shell'.

So perhaps `C-u M-x shell' should just default to the current buffer
instead?

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