From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4891: 23.1; shell-command overwrites whole buffer Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:42:25 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20091109111414.B55872414F@arctic.adamspiers.org> <871vk5shiu.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <20091112011548.GA14892@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> Reply-To: Kevin Rodgers , 4891@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258011279 31460 80.91.229.12 (12 Nov 2009 07:34:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:34:39 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 12 08:34:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N8UCN-0006kF-Tw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:34:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47564 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8UCN-000321-6Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:34:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8TmJ-0000vF-IK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8TmB-0000n6-VZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46534 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8TmB-0000mh-KB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:37949) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8Tm9-0001Lu-RU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAC77IvK000818; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:07:18 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nAC6o4IB031183; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:04 -0800 Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:50:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Kevin Rodgers Original-Sender: news Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:50:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4891 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.125800816730759 (code B ref -1); Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:50:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Nov 2009 06:42:47 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nAC6gi5H030756 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:42:47 -0800 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8TOG-0003Bo-7Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:42:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8TOA-00037f-Bt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:42:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58715 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8TOA-00037J-2O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:42:38 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:37865) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8TO9-00066C-IH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:42:37 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N8TO5-0007md-ET for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:42:33 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:42:33 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:42:33 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:07:32 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32553 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Thanks for the quick reply! Yes, that does make more sense now - but >> what if I want to asynchronously insert output into an existing >> buffer? > > Then switch to that buffer before starting the command and pass t as the > OUTPUT-BUFFER. But why is the distinction between append and replace conflated with the OUTPUT-BUFFER argument in the first place? -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA