GNU bug report logs - #4891
23.1; shell-command overwrites whole buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Adam Spiers <bug-gnu-emacs <at> adamspiers.org>

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:20:04 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4891: 23.1; shell-command overwrites whole buffer
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:42:25 -0700

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Thanks for the quick reply!  Yes, that does make more sense now - but
>> what if I want to asynchronously insert output into an existing
>> buffer?
> 
> Then switch to that buffer before starting the command and pass t as the
> OUTPUT-BUFFER.

But why is the distinction between append and replace conflated with the
OUTPUT-BUFFER argument in the first place?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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