Re: shell-mode - make it stop!!!

[Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>]

 > > So it looks like the default has changed. Something along the lines of 
 > > 
 > > (setq comint-scroll-show-maximum-output nil)
 > 
 > Yep, I finally managed to find that after posting the message,
 > but now I have another one that apparently is unfixable: I
 > find the idiotic mouse-face stuff in the shell totally
 > disconcerting when I happen to move the cursor around and
 > everything starts flashing on and off. Judging
 > from the code in comint.el, it just unconditionally sets the
 > face for things like input just sent.

You could also read the section about how to report a bug effectively.

 > Is there any config to turn that off, or is it time to
 > hack up my own copy of comint.el with the add-text-properties
 > calls which set mouse-face ripped out?

You need to remember that there can be two reasons for a program not to work as
you would expect: either the software is idiotic, or the user is.  If it's the
former then a patch would be most welcome.

One way to "make it stop" is not to use it.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob