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: the Rolls Royce of pagers Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:08:34 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87vfxgdbxp.fsf@jidanni.org> Reply-To: Dan Jacobson NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050362847 11697 80.91.224.249 (14 Apr 2003 23:27:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:27:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 15 01:27:25 2003 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 195DMD-00032V-00 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 01:27:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 195DKh-0001bw-0B for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:25:51 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 195DJy-0001Kl-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:25:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 195DHv-0000b9-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:22:59 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 195DGw-000066-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:21:58 -0400 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195DFk-0002gv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 01:20:44 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 195D7Z-0002Fo-00 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 01:12:17 +0200 Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4791 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4791 Gentlemen, we were discussing how the mighty emacs can't do things when more(1) can. I have found some more. $ echo A|emacs -nw $ echo A|emacs -nw /dev/stdin $ echo A|emacs -nw - all give emacs: standard input is not a tty $ echo A|emacs $ echo A|emacs /dev/stdin don't do much $ echo A|emacs - Option `-' is ambiguous Yes, emacs was not perhaps designed to do these, but instead of hemming and hawing, it could perhaps do something more acrobatic, just in case one's supervisor is watching. Maybe emacs should turn on View mode and become a expensive pager for that buffer. OK, maybe catering to these would mess up some general cases, so never mind, over and out. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780