From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add function eshell/clear to clear current eshell buffer Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:12:22 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87y4lpofl5.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <874mpwhxml.fsf@gmail.com> <83lhj7lcgn.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4n7e1bn.fsf@gmail.com> <831tkz6yh1.fsf@gnu.org> <87oao23dbb.fsf@gmail.com> <20150309101126.GA11863@boo.workgroup> <83twxu5fh5.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429355563 30395 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2015 11:12:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 11:12:43 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 18 13:12:37 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YjQfs-00089T-75 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:12:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45249 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjQfr-0005Rw-IP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:12:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjQfn-0005Rq-Vj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:12:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjQfk-0000Bl-OF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57591) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjQfk-0000Bg-HZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 07:12:28 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YjQfi-000844-Fx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:12:26 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([98.229.61.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:12:26 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 13:12:26 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NwW/oSGnnfY/v13eB5F4SO04oc8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:185567 Archived-At: On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:59:34 +0200 Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 11:11:26 +0100 >> From: Gregor Zattler >> >> Hi Vibhav, >> * vibhavp@gmail.com [09. Mar. 2015]: >> > +(defun eshell/clear () >> > + "Clear the eshell-buffer" >> >> Now this command does not clear the eshell buffer any more, but the >> eshell window. I think the doc string should say so because this has >> security implications: The user may think some info is gone but actually >> it’s only no longer visible. EZ> The same happens with a few terminal emulators, so users should EZ> already be expecting that possibility But eshell is not a terminal emulator. It's a shell. Emacs provides the text UI around it. I would rename `eshell/clear' to `eshell/clear-view' and also provide `eshell/clear-buffer', if that's OK with Vibhav and everyone else? Ted