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28.0.50; Set revert-buffer-function in shell command output buffers

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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 46151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46151: 28.0.50; Set revert-buffer-function in shell command output buffers
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:08:31 -0700

Hello,

On Mon 01 Feb 2021 at 01:31AM +02, Dmitry Gutov wrote:

> On 29.01.2021 09:21, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>>> I take it a minor mode is more appropriate than a major mode for this?
>>> If so, I can come up with a patch adding that to simple.el.
>> Since M-! and M-& use different modes (fundamental and shell), a minor
>> mode is probably the best, I guess.
>
> Maybe have them use the same mode? The purpose of those buffers seems
> the same, just the methods they reach there are a bit different.
>
> And if the common mode will be derived from shell-mode, why not use RET?
>
> Its current shell-mode's binding doesn't seem useful there.

I think that this would have the same problem as 'g': since the buffers
are freely-editable text, just trying to type something might result in
a surprise re-execution of the command.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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