Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 12.07.2009 um 19:40 schrieb Francis Moreau:

> And why is it so hard to understand that a pager feature would
> be nice in this package ?


Because I never needed it, not even when working 20 years ago at an  
alpha-numeric hardware terminal. And I have no imagination to invent  
circumstances that I would need it.

If the text cursor is at the end of the *shell* buffer and is pushed  
away by fast effervescent output, faster than you can read, it's one  
command to return to the prompt. It's easier to send the command and  
make the cursor go up a line.


GNU Emacs is no terminal emulation. It does not need a pager. These  
programmes were developed for hardware terminals from 20 or more  
years ago. There is no sense in keeping them today, in a time of  
feature full terminal emulations. They can be abolished together with  
atom reactors and bombs. And your splendid idea.

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