how to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

how to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

[David Combs]

Subject: how to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

How to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

Used to be, whenever I gave a shell command (via *shell*) that
output stuff, eg "ls", "cat", etc, the window would automatically
readjust itself (via scrolling) so I could see even the final
line output -- and also the next shell prompt.

No longer happens.  On output, the window just stays there,
with the output flooding down *outside* (and below) the
window, with my shell *command* of course still being visible.

What to execute to make it work as before?

(no, I don't really want to take it down and restart --  not yet,
anyway.)


Anything to put into my .emacs?

Thanks!

David

Re: how to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.08.2006 um 06:16 schrieb David Combs:

> What to execute to make it work as before?

Put the cursor at the bottom of the *shell* buffer!

Otherwise I'm sure you would prefer to continue to watch the other  
spot the cursor is on.

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Re: how to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <eartbg$fhp$1@panix2.panix.com>,
 dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:

> Subject: how to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?
> 
> How to make *shell* auto scroll-down after output?

See the variable comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output.

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