GNU bug report logs - #40690
27.0.91; C-u M-! no longer inserts output at point

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.91

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 40690-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40690: 27.0.91; C-u M-! no longer inserts output at point
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 22:25:07 +0200

Am Sa., 18. Apr. 2020 um 11:02 Uhr schrieb Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
>
> > From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:05:43 +0200
> >
> > The help text for M-! says
> >
> > "With prefix argument, insert the COMMAND’s output at point."
> >
> > However, in Emacs 27 this is no longer the case if
> > `shell-command-dont-erase-buffer' is `beg-last-out'.
> >
> > Run
> >
> > emacs -Q -eval "(setq shell-command-dont-erase-buffer 'beg-last-out)"
> >
> > Hit M-< to go to the beginning of the scratch buffer.  Execute
> >
> > C-u M-! echo hi RET
> >
> > or any other command producing output.  In Emacs 26.3, the output is
> > inserted at point, but in Emacs 27, it's inserted at the end of the
> > buffer.
>
> Thanks, I hope I fixed this now on the emacs-27 branch.

Confirmed, thanks.
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