Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell

[Miles Bader]

Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> Why do you need a pager, when the Emacs shell buffer allows you to page 
> back and forward through the output, search it, etc.?  What can you do 
> in a pager that you can't do with Emacs's own features?  And if there is 
> something Emacs is missing, it should be easy to add it.

BTW, note that if a command outputs lots of text, it's easy to go back
to the previous prompt using "C-c C-p" and then page through the output
with "C-v".

-Miles

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