From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25209: 25.1; can't delete *Shell Command Output* Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:27:13 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87inqg80ot.fsf@linux-m68k.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1482157691 2591 195.159.176.226 (19 Dec 2016 14:28:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:28:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25209@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 19 15:28:08 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyv9-0008Pe-TX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:28:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45930 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyvE-0001J9-Bk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:28:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52756) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyv7-0001J2-I9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:28:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyv4-0004tf-Gz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:28:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59822) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyv4-0004tZ-D8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyv4-0001uM-8b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:28:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Francesco =?UTF-8?Q?Potort=C3=AC?= Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:28:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25209 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 25209-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25209.14821576417278 (code B ref 25209); Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:28:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25209) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Dec 2016 14:27:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46988 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyuP-0001tK-0H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:27:21 -0500 Original-Received: from blade3.isti.cnr.it ([194.119.192.19]:37072) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyuM-0001sx-Kb for 25209@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:27:19 -0500 Original-Received: from tucano.isti.cnr.it ([146.48.81.102]) by mx.isti.cnr.it (PMDF V6.5-x6 #1251) with ESMTPSA id <01Q8O56XY70KBG1XD0@mx.isti.cnr.it> for 25209@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:27:14 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from pot by tucano.isti.cnr.it with local (Exim 4.88) (envelope-from ) id 1cIyuH-0005bX-5p; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:27:13 +0100 In-reply-to: <87inqg80ot.fsf@linux-m68k.org> X-INSM-ip-source: 146.48.81.102 Auth Done X-fingerprint: 4B02 6187 5C03 D6B1 2E31 7666 09DF 2DC9 BE21 6115 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127176 Archived-At: >> 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) # >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?