Re: Automatic scrolling in *shell*

[Karl Eichwalder]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gnu.emacs.help as well.

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Karl Eichwalder <ke@gnu.franken.de> writes:
>
>> In *shell* (M-x shell) the default scroll algorithm seems to be used:
>> Reaching the bottom Emacs will scroll down half a window.  Then you'll
>> see a lot of white space below the prompt.
>
> See the variable comint-scroll-show-maximum-output.

Thanks, this helps a lot.  Wondering why it is not non-nil for
*shell*?  I'll file it as a feature request.

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