From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: *shell*: annoying behavior with long output Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 18:14:21 -0400 Organization: Looking for work Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084833517 27875 80.91.224.253 (17 May 2004 22:38:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 18 00:38:30 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BPqkf-0004Fo-00 for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 00:38:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BPqPX-00076T-1i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 May 2004 18:16:39 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!rip.MISMATCH!atl-c02.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!feed3.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 17:14:21 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.128.26.140 Original-X-Trace: sv3-kFBYb3euZ/Zpjy2YMHoQ8xOZS9N+t/8yAmP0I/KCyonRMyvylUIbOoLfA3gZEjETw7dLhaeRmY56i48!ueGHNpKMbzqy66COw1ySuJoxdVEajcz0KOvxhpMABVf/ZVpbiEDyL9388tgL5wa2UmSq0ccLv/Ym!kNdhSrAaAnI= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123242 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18538 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18538 In article , bill wrote: > Is there a way to tell the Emacs shell to keep the cursor at the > top of the output in such a way that the top screenful of output > is what is visible of the *shell* buffer immediately after executing > a command? It only moves the cursor if it's already at the end of output as more output is coming. What you can do is type C-p as soon as you press Return to execute a command that's going to produce lots of output. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***