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Re: & and M-& to run programs asynchronously


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: & and M-& to run programs asynchronously
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:16:33 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux)

> Below is a ready patch submitted for verification before checking in:

As it stands its usefulness is rather dubious: the user could just as
easily type the extra & at the end.  Could someone remind me what were
the arguments for adding it?  What are the expected use-cases and
planned improvements?


        Stefan




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