Re: How to suppress/avoid *Async Shell Command* buffer?

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 18.05.2013 16:37, schrieb Marius Hofert:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> what do you mean by 'caused'?
>
> The question mark is a place holder for the file (foo.pdf).

Okay, see dired-do-shell-command reads it

> What does this have to do with *Async Shell Command* being opened?

Nothing. It's the ampersand following ? which matters.

> Note: The behavior of "!" on foo.pdf in dired mode is fine (in the sense
> that Okular opens, the pdf is shown, everything asynchronously), I just want
> to avoid the buffer *Async Shell Command* being opened.

Which seems the buffer Emacs connects the process to.
Deleting it should end the processes, probably not a good idea.

So the ampersand seems the culprit - not the question mark.
What happens when calling your stuff without it?

Andreas

> Let me know if anything isn't clear.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marius
>
>
>
> Andreas Röhler writes:
>
> > Am 18.05.2013 15:58, schrieb Marius Hofert:
> >
> > >
> > Looks like caused by the question mark after okular
> >
> > (("\\.\\(?:pdf\\|djvu\\|jp?g\\)\\'" "okular ? &")