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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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master 1687cda: Further tweaks to the user manual about shell-command-buffer-name |
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Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:16:15 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 1687cda47b5d273688ace5e785d3868b6263bfaf
Author: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Further tweaks to the user manual about shell-command-buffer-name
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Single Shell): Reintroduce the actual
buffer names in the user manual (bug#39138), but keep the
references to the variables. It's easier for people reading the
user manual to deal with actual names.
---
doc/emacs/misc.texi | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
index 39aae87..f3c9d76 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
@@ -729,10 +729,9 @@ See the Eshell Info manual, which is distributed with
Emacs.
minibuffer and executes it as a shell command, in a subshell made just
for that command. Standard input for the command comes from the null
device. If the shell command produces any output, the output appears
-either in the echo area (if it is short), or in an Emacs buffer,
-displayed in another window (if the output is long). The name of
-this buffer is taken from the constant @code{shell-command-buffer-name}.
-The variables @code{resize-mini-windows} and
+either in the echo area (if it is short), or in the @samp{"*Shell
+Command Output*"} (@code{shell-command-buffer-name}) buffer (if the
+output is long). The variables @code{resize-mini-windows} and
@code{max-mini-window-height} (@pxref{Minibuffer Edit}) control when
Emacs should consider the output to be too long for the echo area.
@@ -766,10 +765,11 @@ which is impossible to ignore.
You can also type @kbd{M-&} (@code{async-shell-command}) to execute a
shell command asynchronously; this is exactly like calling @kbd{M-!}
with a trailing @samp{&}, except that you do not need the @samp{&}.
-The constant @code{shell-command-buffer-name-async} stores the name
-of the default output buffer for asynchronous shell commands.
-Emacs inserts the output into this buffer as it comes in,
-whether or not the buffer is visible in a window.
+The output from asynchronous shell commands, by default, goes into the
+@samp{"*Async Shell Command*"} buffer
+(@code{shell-command-buffer-name-async}). Emacs inserts the output
+into this buffer as it comes in, whether or not the buffer is visible
+in a window.
@vindex async-shell-command-buffer
If you want to run more than one asynchronous shell command at the
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