GNU bug report logs - #72426
29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect async-shell-command

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 72426 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72426: 29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect async-shell-command
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:18:38 +0300

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com,  72426 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:23:25 -0400
> 
> > I don't have a clear enough idea; I hoped you did, since you initiated
> > this change to begin with.  I just know that the text you wrote cannot
> > be it, because it didn't explain to me anything about the reasons we
> > should be doing this.  The comment should explain why PAGER=cat is a
> > good idea to go with TERM=dumb, for example.  Maybe begin by saying
> > why Emacs needs to set the variable at all, why not leave it unset?
> 
> OK, how about this?

Much better, thanks.

Do we care about platforms which don't have 'cat'?

Also, is it true that this issue is only relevant to sub-processes
that communicate via PTYs?

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.