"Samuel Wales" <samologist@gmail.com> writes:

> Let's say you do something in shell mode that produces a lot of
> output.  Normally, you'd use less(1), but that is not possible in
> shell mode.
>
> Ideally, you'd view the output in an emacs buffer, perhaps in text
> mode, so that you can edit it and navigate it.
>
> Is there a way to pipe this output to, say, emacsclient?
>
> Or -- more sophisticatedly -- is there another solution that uses
> shell mode, e.g. to grab the output once it detects that it is a lot
> of output, and redirect it into a text mode buffer?
>
> Obviously if it's an infinite amount of output, it should do what less
> does and not use up all memory.
>
> Google was not my friend.  :)
>
> Thanks.

I have something I call emacs-pager, but it will probably not work with
infinite output satisfactorily.