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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#4891: 23.1; shell-command overwrites whole buffer
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:42:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hdgao3$m5s$3@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbpj8jrs7.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Thanks for the quick reply!  Yes, that does make more sense now - but
>> what if I want to asynchronously insert output into an existing
>> buffer?
> 
> Then switch to that buffer before starting the command and pass t as the
> OUTPUT-BUFFER.

But why is the distinction between append and replace conflated with the
OUTPUT-BUFFER argument in the first place?

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA







  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-12  6:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <871vk1hyv9.fsf@stupidchicken.com>
2009-11-09 11:14 ` bug#4891: 23.1; shell-command overwrites whole buffer Adam Spiers
2009-11-11 10:47   ` Juri Linkov
2009-11-12  1:15     ` Adam Spiers
2009-11-12  4:23       ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-12  6:42         ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2009-11-12  9:33         ` Adam Spiers
2009-11-14 16:15   ` bug#4891: marked as done (23.1; shell-command overwrites whole buffer) Emacs bug Tracking System

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