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Re: Major usability issue
From: |
Bruce Korb |
Subject: |
Re: Major usability issue |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Sep 2002 13:52:58 -0700 |
Kai Großjohann wrote:
> > For years I have captured the output of a shell command and inserted
> > it into my document. The latest distributions of Linux now carry a
> > version of emacs that makes doing that non-obvious.
> See the document on shell-command-on-region to see how to change it:
This is a behavioral change not listed in the news.
> /----
> | If the command generates output, the output may be displayed
> | in the echo area or in a buffer.
> | If the output is short enough to display in the echo area
> | (determined by the variable `max-mini-window-height' if
> | `resize-mini-windows' is non-nil), it is shown there. Otherwise
> | it is displayed in the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'. The output
> | is available in that buffer in both cases.
> \----
>
> Does this help?
It explains where the text got to. Thanks! Now I have to
set up a macro to pull that text into the current buffer.
This:
C-x + b + "*Shell Comm" + RET + C-h + a + Alt-w + C-x + b + RET + C-y
is a tad unwieldy. I like the old behavior of splitting the screen
and bringing up the `*Shell Command Output*' buffer. Much easier.
*sigh*. Thanks again.
Re: Major usability issue, Peter Boettcher, 2002/09/03