Re: how to set shell output always to *Shell Command Output*

[TheFlyingDutchman <zzbbaadd@aol.com>]

> humm... doesn't seems a satisfying solution. Just read the doc:
>
> Otherwise, COMMAND is executed synchronously.  The output appears in
> the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'.  If the output is short enough to
> display in the echo area (which is determined by the variables
> `resize-mini-windows' and `max-mini-window-height'), it is shown
> there, but it is nonetheless available in buffer `*Shell Command
> Output*' even though that buffer is not automatically displayed.
>
> so the output is always in “*Shell Command Output*”, the trick is to
> always switch to it, and with the default behavior of spliting window
> to show it. Seems hard to do that...
>

For me, on Emacs 23.2.1, when I have resize-mini-windows set to nil,
any shell-command that creates output of two lines or more, not only
displays in the *Shell Command Output* buffer, it also splits the
screen and displays *Shell Command Output* buffer if it is not already
displayed.