From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: 13255@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13255: 24.2.50; output in nonvisible shell buffer changes prompt
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6y8v8pphme.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1TmXoS-0007Lt-6u@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:45:00 -0500")
Richard Stallman wrote:
> I have a shell buffer with a program sending lots of output.
> That buffer is not currently displayed. I type C-h, and it prompts.
> So far, so good.
>
> The bug is that the prompt changes repeatedly. A space gets added at
> the beginning and the hyphen disappears at the end. Then the space
> disappears and the hyphen reappears. This oscillation continues
> indefinitely at the rate of 3 or 4 changes per second.
I don't see this. What I see (24.2.91) is:
emacs -Q -f shell
;; run this in shell buffer
while : ; do
sleep 0.5
echo hi
done
C-x b *scratch* RET
C-h
So long as the shell is looping, I get no C-h prompt at all.
If I interrupt the loop, I get the intended:
C-h (Type ? for further options)-
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-23 3:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-22 22:45 bug#13255: 24.2.50; output in nonvisible shell buffer changes prompt Richard Stallman
2012-12-23 3:33 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2012-12-23 12:54 ` Stephen Berman
2013-01-06 2:38 ` Chong Yidong
2013-01-06 19:49 ` Stephen Berman
2021-12-04 4:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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