From: "Francesco Potortì" <pot@gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 25209@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25209: 25.1; can't delete *Shell Command Output*
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:27:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1cIyuH-0005bX-5p@tucano.isti.cnr.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87inqg80ot.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
>> On a long-running multi-tty Emacs, at one point the *Shell Command
>> Output* buffer refuses to go away.
>>
>> If I try to kill it, nothing happens, whether the current buffer is that
>> one or any other one. The contents of the *Shell Command Output* buffer
>> are always visible in the minibuffer. So, to make it unobtrusive, I
>> need to issue an
>> M-! echo -n RET
>> every time the *Shell Command Output* buffer is dirtied.
>
>Did you perhaps quit while the output of a shell-command was being
>displayed, because it took too long?
That may well be.
> In that situation Emacs can end up
>in a state where (minibuffer-window) points to the *Shell Command
>Output* buffer, and kill-buffer will refuse to kill the buffer.
In *scratch*:
(minibuffer-window)
#<window 2 on *Shell Command Output*>
>You can reset the minibuffer window with
>
>(set-window-buffer (minibuffer-window) (get-buffer " *Minibuf-0*"))
It worked :)
Thanks.
That said, isn't this a bug, and shouldn't it be squashed?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-19 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-15 16:34 bug#25209: 25.1; can't delete *Shell Command Output* Francesco Potortì
2016-12-16 8:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-19 12:45 ` Francesco Potortì
2016-12-19 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-19 14:15 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-19 14:26 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-19 14:41 ` Francesco Potortì
2016-12-19 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-19 22:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-12-19 14:27 ` Francesco Potortì [this message]
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