Re: shell-mode: point left in the wrong place after output

[Stephen Berman]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:06:53 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:

>> This is using the latest CVS  snapshot.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "CVS snapshot", but I'll assume you mean
> that you recently updated your CVS check out.
>
>> It looks like point gets left at the front of the inserted
>> outputfrom frm a shell command, rther than at the end.
>
>> Test:
>
>> See output below:
>> echo foo
>> foo
>
> I tried:
>
>    emacs -Q
>    M-x shell-mode RET
>    echo foo RET
>
> and it worked just fine, with point ending right after the prompt.
> Can you provide a more precise recipe?

It happens with `C-u M-! echo foo'.  But IIUC this is supposed to
happen: in shell-command the mark is set before the output and after the
output is inserted point returns to the mark.  I suppose this is to
facilitate editing the shell command output?

Steve Berman