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Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell
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Francis Moreau |
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Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:27:13 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Jul 13, 11:51 am, Teemu Likonen <tliko...@iki.fi> wrote:
> On 2009-07-13 02:16 (-0700), Francis Moreau wrote:
>
> > On Jul 13, 10:21 am, Teemu Likonen <tliko...@iki.fi> wrote:
>
> >> OK, then it's probably me who fails to understand why do you keep
> >> talking about "M-x shell" when you need a terminal. This
> >> "page-at-a-time" feature comes with terminal emulation. There's no
> >> need to make "M-x shell" a real terminal because there already is
> >> one: "M-x term".
>
> > Ok then it's probably me who fails to understand the point of "M-x
> > shell"...
>
> The documentation says "Major mode for interacting with an inferior
> shell" (C-h f shell-mode). It's like repeated M-! but more convenient.
>
> > If "M-x shell" implements this 'page-at-a-time' feature, does that
> > mean it becomes a real term emulation ?
>
> To make "less" work it needs some terminal features so it would heading
> towards that direction, that is, towards term-mode which already exists.
> Perhaps someone could write some custom pager system in shell-mode but
> it still wouldn't make "less" work.
>
Damn, I repeat one more time: I don't want "| less" or less(1) work in
"M-x shell" (hope this is clear now)
IOW, I'd like 'M-x shell' to output in its buffer one page at time,
and this could be enabled/disabled by a variable like "M-x term" does.
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, (continued)
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- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Francis Moreau, 2009/07/12
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Teemu Likonen, 2009/07/12
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Francis Moreau, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Teemu Likonen, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Francis Moreau, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Teemu Likonen, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell,
Francis Moreau <=
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Sébastien Vauban, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Anselm Helbig, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Teemu Likonen, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Francis Moreau, 2009/07/14
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2009/07/14
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Francis Moreau, 2009/07/14
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Peter Dyballa, 2009/07/14
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Peter Dyballa, 2009/07/12
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, tomas, 2009/07/13
- Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell, Peter Dyballa, 2009/07/13