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Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired |
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Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:10:58 +0200 |
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Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> address@hidden writes:
>>> Another usual problem for newbies to how to execute multiple
>>> commands asynchronously. The trick is to rename the existing
>>> buffer *Async Shell Command*, but this is unobvious.
>>
>> Many times I thought to myself I'd prepare a patch to let the async
>> buffer be renamed when prefixing c-u, like shell buffers, but I've never
>> gotten around to it.
>
> I'd like C-u to just discard output, since 99% of the time, that's what
> people really want these days. Actually I'd like to make that default.
If I want different commands accumulating asynchronous output, I'll open
shell buffers for them. When I start a command asynchronously, I don't
want it interfering with my normal operation. The asynchronous buffer
is a nuisance in that regard. It's also a nuisance that commands
started that way will die together with Emacs when Emacs is stopped.
If we gain a new command M-&, I would not particularly mind the current
M-! behavior for background commands (I would just likely never use it).
But I definitely would want to have M-& to dissociate the commands it
starts. That would be a new command, yes, not a variation of the old
one. I can live with that.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Daniel Clemente, 2008/06/23
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, David Kastrup, 2008/06/23
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Miles Bader, 2008/06/23
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Juri Linkov, 2008/06/24
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, joakim, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Miles Bader, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired,
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- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, David Kastrup, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, joakim, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Miles Bader, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, joakim, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Paul R, 2008/06/25
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Lynbech Christian, 2008/06/26
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, David Kastrup, 2008/06/26
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Phil Jackson, 2008/06/26
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Juri Linkov, 2008/06/27
- Re: Short explanation for & in key ! of dired, Miles Bader, 2008/06/27