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bug#39138: 28.0.50; Add variables for shell command output buffer names
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#39138: 28.0.50; Add variables for shell command output buffer names |
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Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:45:04 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
> Oh, I noticed that the patch provided by Tino removed all mentions of
> shell buffer names from the documentation. While technically this is fine,
> I tried to look from the point of view of users, and realized that it's
> highly unlikely that the users might be interested to know the name of
> the constant 'shell-command-buffer-name', whereas it's very important
> for users to learn that the default name of the shell output buffer is
> "*Shell Command Output*".
I don't really see why? If the user is using one of these commands, of
course they'll see the buffer names themselves. If they're writing
code, they should be using 'shell-command-buffer-name', and not the
string "*Shell Command Output*".
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