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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:41:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D84771B-5BAE-4A1C-8728-EFF633EBCD6E@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85269090-af0d-43fa-bd49-da265cbac558@p23g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>


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.

--
Greetings

   Pete

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-07-12 19:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-11 13:14 page-at-a-time output for M-x shell Francis Moreau
2009-07-11 13:56 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-11 15:04   ` Peter Dyballa
2009-07-11 17:29     ` Sumit Narayan
     [not found]   ` <mailman.2292.1247324671.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-11 18:06     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-12 12:24   ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-12 17:02     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-11 14:19 ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found] ` <mailman.2288.1247322297.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-12 12:20   ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-12 13:45     ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]     ` <mailman.2349.1247406371.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-12 14:12       ` Richard Riley
2009-07-12 17:47         ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-12 17:40       ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-12 17:54         ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-13  8:07           ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-13  8:21             ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-13  9:16               ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-13  9:51                 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-13 11:27                   ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-13 13:12                     ` Sébastien Vauban
2009-07-13 14:48                       ` Anselm Helbig
2009-07-13 15:07                         ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-14 15:07                       ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-14 17:16                         ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-14 20:02                           ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-14 22:42                             ` Peter Dyballa
2009-07-12 19:41         ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
2009-07-13  5:17           ` tomas
2009-07-13  8:10             ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]         ` <mailman.2380.1247427719.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-13  8:03           ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-13  9:04             ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]             ` <mailman.2414.1247475890.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-13  9:38               ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-13 10:43                 ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.2418.1247481796.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-13 11:29                   ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-13 20:42                     ` Samuel Wales
     [not found]                     ` <mailman.2451.1247517772.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-13 22:05                       ` Teemu Likonen
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.2453.1247522780.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-14 10:55                         ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-14 15:10                           ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-14 17:21                             ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-14 19:21                               ` tomas
     [not found]                               ` <mailman.2508.1247599009.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-14 19:52                                 ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-14 20:39                                   ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-14 20:00                         ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-14  3:12                 ` Barry Margolin
2009-07-14  9:21                   ` Miles Bader
2009-07-14 15:20                   ` Francis Moreau
2009-07-14 17:39                     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-07-14 21:05                     ` Barry Margolin
2009-07-13  9:53               ` Richard Riley
2009-07-12 12:40 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-07-12 13:26   ` Richard Riley
2009-07-12 14:52     ` Thierry Volpiatto
2009-07-13 21:43 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon

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