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

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Message #88 received at 72426-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 72426-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72426: 29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect
 async-shell-command
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 12:25:25 +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
> 
> >> Could you just say what you'd prefer the comment to be?  I'm not sure
> >> what exactly you'd like it to explain.
> >
> > 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?

Thanks, installed on master, and closing the bug.

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