From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Shell Command Output of one long line not fully displayed Date: 21 Aug 2002 09:11:16 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <878z31rp6z.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1029908166 24809 127.0.0.1 (21 Aug 2002 05:36:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 05:36:06 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17hO9w-0006RZ-00 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:36:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17hOB5-0002Pw-00; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:37:11 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17hOAn-0002Pj-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:36:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17hOAl-0002Oq-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:36:52 -0400 Original-Received: from chx400.switch.ch ([130.59.10.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17hOAk-0002Ol-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:36:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.11.165]) by chx400.switch.ch with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17hOAj-00002X-00 for gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:36:49 +0200 Original-Received: by mail.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.2.0.98) from Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (160.45.10.36) with esmtp id ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:36:48 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: by Curry.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE (Smail3.2.0.98) from news.fu-berlin.de with bsmtp id ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:36:47 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: 61-227-47-28.hinet-ip.hinet.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 8 X-Orig-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61-227-47-28.hinet-ip.hinet.net (61.227.47.28) X-Orig-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1029908207 48470792 61.227.47.28 (16 [99749]) X-Orig-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3257 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3257 Emacs thinks it is smart in that if the Shell Command Output is not much, it will just display it in the minibuffer instead of splitting open another window. But it didn't consider output say of one line, 2000 chars long, where all you get to see is 6 wrapped lines worth in the minibuffer. Therefore, make sure all is really all if you are going to show it in the minibuffer. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780