Re: How to suppress/avoid *Async Shell Command* buffer?

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 18.05.2013 12:05, schrieb Marius Hofert:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Thanks a lot for helping.
>
> The purpose is simply for opening them (asynchronously), viewing the pdf

Hmm, probably don't understand yet, what is the difference WRT RET 
--dired-find-file-- ?

> (continuing to work in Emacs), (maybe add annotations to the pdf and save
> it).

which would mean edit, not just view the pdf(?)


> I use 'dired-mode' as 'file manager' and often would like to open and view
> pdfs in Okular. I also have other 'dired-guess-shell-alist-user' settings
> like opening pngs in eog or mp3s in VLC. But everytime I open a file, I get
> this annoying *Async Shell Command* buffer (either empty or with debug
> output) and I have to manually close it via C-x 0 etc. to get rid of it.


Please give an example of the shell-command used than.

 I
> know that it might contain useful information sometimes and I wouldn't be
> against it appearing hidden (in the buffer list). But being distracted by
> this buffer in dired-mode is really unpleasant. If I only knew more emacs
> lisp...


Let's see how it comes out in this case.

Andreas

> Cheers,
>
> Marius