From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13255: 24.2.50; output in nonvisible shell buffer changes prompt Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:29 -0500 Message-ID: <6y8v8pphme.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356233635 16414 80.91.229.3 (23 Dec 2012 03:33:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13255@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 23 04:34:10 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcKG-0001PM-6d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:34:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43076 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcK1-0006xd-S1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43919) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcJu-0006x5-3V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcJo-0001Tn-8E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:46 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45815) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcJo-0001Tj-4w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcKA-0006J3-7y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:34:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13255 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13255-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13255.135623363624229 (code B ref 13255); Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13255) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Dec 2012 03:33:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56066 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcK4-0006Ik-Ad for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:56 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:54561) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcK2-0006Id-8F for 13255@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:55 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmcJd-0007xd-RF; Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:33:29 -0500 X-Spook: Indigo bullion Plame SWAT industrial intelligence brigand X-Ran: O!lN*7kMwl3?rnCt;KH\g"52)a"?k2m$|1Iu_cG!rkci:_#13D.k2bE+F.#YrE}tvlTr*A X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:45:00 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68933 Archived-At: 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)-