Re: Programatically suppress "Async Shell command" buffer

[gearheart]

Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 06.07.2009 um 15:43 schrieb gearheart:
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>> When async shell-command is run, i get empty buffer that takes like  
>> half of
>> the screen.
> 
> 
> Half of the frame in which shell-command was run is standard  
> behaviour (could be an option exists to set size as for example for  
> the *compilation* buffer, compilation-window-height). If your shell  
> command does return nothing or white space, then the temporary *Shell  
> Command Output* buffer will look empty (in the fringe you can have  
> exact indicators). If your shell command, say, a simple ls, should  
> return readable output and you get an empty *Shell Command Output*  
> buffer, then something is faulty. Then try the same by launching GNU  
> Emacs as 'emacs -Q' without any customisation.
> 
> 

oops, my bad.
to call async shell command without a buffer you need to run:
(shell-command "something&" (universal-argument))
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