From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: shell-mode - make it stop!!! Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:06:18 +1200 Message-ID: <18022.5786.663924.397901@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <20070605195905.3bbebec8@zooty> <20070605212250.05dbe210@zooty> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181095609 3991 80.91.229.12 (6 Jun 2007 02:06:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 02:06:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tom Horsley Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 06 04:06:47 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1Hvkv9-0003Fm-Ag for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:06:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvkv8-0006kS-Mr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:06:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvkuw-0006kN-Cs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvkuu-0006kB-0i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:06:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvkut-0006k8-Qe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:06:31 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hvkut-00065p-1J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:06:31 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (137.63.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.63.137]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A223D8D9C; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:06:28 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4B63B8F9CE; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:06:19 +1200 (NZST) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <20070605212250.05dbe210@zooty> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.50.10 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:44691 Archived-At: > > 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. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob