GNU bug report logs - #67972
Use *command (&)* instead of shell-command-buffer-name(-async)

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Message #8 received at 67972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nafiz Islam <nafiz.islam1001 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 67972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67972: Use *command (&)* instead of
 shell-command-buffer-name(-async)
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:18:23 +0200

> From: Nafiz Islam <nafiz.islam1001 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:31:24 -0500
> 
> The buffer name for the shell-command or async-shell-command would be much more useful if they
> were given the name of the command being executed.
> 
> I started working a bit on a patch for that, but it's just code changes right now. Here's a preview of
> what I mean.

Instead of removing the default name, why not add one more possible
value to async-shell-command-buffer, which will do what you want?
Then users who are interested in this behavior could customize
async-shell-command-buffer to that new value.

Thanks.

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