From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: jporterbugs@gmail.com, 72426@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72426: 29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect async-shell-command
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:09:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ierle182wv6.fsf@janestreet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86frrgoa29.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:18:38 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
>> Cc: jporterbugs@gmail.com, 72426@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:23:25 -0400
>>
>> > I don't have a clear enough idea; I hoped you did, since you initiated
>> > this change to begin with. I just know that the text you wrote cannot
>> > be it, because it didn't explain to me anything about the reasons we
>> > should be doing this. The comment should explain why PAGER=cat is a
>> > good idea to go with TERM=dumb, for example. Maybe begin by saying
>> > why Emacs needs to set the variable at all, why not leave it unset?
>>
>> OK, how about this?
>
> Much better, thanks.
>
> Do we care about platforms which don't have 'cat'?
No - those platforms don't have less either, and don't respect PAGER.
> Also, is it true that this issue is only relevant to sub-processes
> that communicate via PTYs?
Yes - that's also the case for the TERM environment variable; when
communicating via a pipe, programs don't check TERM anyway.
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-02 18:35 bug#72426: 29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect async-shell-command Spencer Baugh
2024-08-02 18:39 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-03 5:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-03 10:47 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-03 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-03 16:42 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-03 17:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-06 15:33 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-06 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-06 16:29 ` Jim Porter
2024-08-06 18:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-03 18:38 ` Jim Porter
2024-08-06 15:31 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-06 15:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-06 16:42 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-06 18:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-06 18:49 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-06 19:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-06 19:23 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-07 2:36 ` Jim Porter
2024-08-07 11:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-07 15:05 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-07 15:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-07 15:31 ` Spencer Baugh
2024-08-07 16:08 ` Jim Porter
2024-08-07 11:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-07 15:09 ` Spencer Baugh [this message]
2024-08-17 9:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-13 1:17 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-09-13 6:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-13 23:45 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-09-14 6:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
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