Subject: Re: bug#4343: comint-carriage-motion for async-shell-command

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:52:15 -0400

> Other than setting `comint-output-filter', `comint-exec' also starts
> a process.  But starting a process is not necessary in `shell-command'
> that starts it explicitly.

OK, then.

>> And try and move this into a new function `comint-setup-process' which
>> both compile.el and M-& could then use?

> They can't be merged because `compilation-filter' runs a compile-specific
> hook `compilation-filter-hook'.

Too bad.  Please install your patch, then.

        Stefan