That is a good idea. They could take a string or a symbol with a default string value. The variables shell-command-buffer-name(-async) could be declared as defcustom instead of defconst. On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 2:18 PM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Nafiz Islam > > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:31:24 -0500 > > > > The buffer name for the shell-command or async-shell-command would be > much more useful if they > > were given the name of the command being executed. > > > > I started working a bit on a patch for that, but it's just code changes > right now. Here's a preview of > > what I mean. > > Instead of removing the default name, why not add one more possible > value to async-shell-command-buffer, which will do what you want? > Then users who are interested in this behavior could customize > async-shell-command-buffer to that new value. > > Thanks. >