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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>, 39138@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39138: 28.0.50; Add variables for shell command output buffer names
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 13:16:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k0y5xwii.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rkehvoo.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Tue,  11 Aug 2020 02:59:11 +0300")

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

> Often they don't see the buffer names - when the shell output is less
> than 16 lines long, then the shell buffer is not displayed, so users
> need to know the shell buffer name to be able to switch to it.  They need
> to learn the buffer name from the User Manual.

Yeah, it might make sense to mention the (default value of) the
variables in the user manual.

I've now reintroduced the buffer names in the user manual (but also
mentioned the variables parenthetically).

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      reply	other threads:[~2020-08-11 11:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-14 21:31 bug#39138: 28.0.50; Add variables for shell command output buffer names Tino Calancha
2020-01-14 22:43 ` Michael Albinus
2020-01-15  8:03   ` Robert Pluim
2020-01-15 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-15 19:41   ` Tino Calancha
2020-01-15 23:09     ` Juri Linkov
2020-02-25 13:12     ` Michael Albinus
2020-05-19  4:08       ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-19 14:09         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-19 14:16           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-05-19 15:26             ` Tino Calancha
2020-08-09 12:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-09 23:18   ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-10 10:45     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-10 23:59       ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-11 11:16         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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