GNU bug report logs - #5618
23.1.91; shell-command-on-region unexpectedly erases buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: tomas <at> tuxteam.de

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:13:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: tomas <at> tuxteam.de
Cc: 5618 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: bug#5618: 23.1.91; shell-command-on-region unexpectedly erases buffer
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:34:33 -0500

> Besides, the behaviour in the current documentation seems way more
> useful (i.e. _not_ erasing the buffer whenever REPLACE is non-nil).

Agreed.  We should try and fix the code to obey the doc more than the
converse.  If that can introduce backward compatibility problems, then
it just means we need to do it more carefully.


        Stefan
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