Re: comint-insert-input on non-command lines: A trivial fix, a quibble, and a bug

[Luc Teirlinck]

Nick Roberts wrote:

   The name comint-insert-input suggests that it inserts (old) input so
   to do nothing when the point isn't over input seems appropriate to me.

Yes, but if comint-use-prompt-regexp is t, then comint-insert-input
does nothing even if point _is_ over input.

Just do `emacs -q -nbc', then
M-: (setq comint-use-prompt-regexp t)

M-x shell

umask RET

Go back to the umask on the previous prompt.

C-c RET.

Nothing happens.

Sincerely,

Luc.