* shell: link output
@ 2010-05-02 19:38 Thomas S. Dye
2010-05-02 23:14 ` Dan Davison
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From: Thomas S. Dye @ 2010-05-02 19:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs org-mode mailing list
Aloha all,
A link like this in my Org-mode buffer:
[[shell:$PATH]]
sends output to a buffer called *Shell Command Output*, which on my
system, at least, remains buried. I'd like to display the buffer when
the user clicks the link, ideally in another window of the same
frame. How can I do this?
All the best,
Tom
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* Re: shell: link output
2010-05-02 19:38 shell: link output Thomas S. Dye
@ 2010-05-02 23:14 ` Dan Davison
2010-05-02 23:54 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-05-03 23:45 ` Uday S Reddy
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Davison @ 2010-05-02 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas S. Dye; +Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list
"Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
> Aloha all,
>
> A link like this in my Org-mode buffer:
>
> [[shell:$PATH]]
>
> sends output to a buffer called *Shell Command Output*, which on my
> system, at least, remains buried. I'd like to display the buffer when
> the user clicks the link, ideally in another window of the same
> frame. How can I do this?
Hi Tom,
It displays the output in the minibuffer, right? I'm not sure there's a
very easy solution. Documented behaviour of `shell-command' is that
,----
| The output appears in the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'. If the
| output is short enough to display in the echo area (which is determined
| by the variables `resize-mini-windows' and `max-mini-window-height'), it
| is shown there, but it is nonetheless available in buffer `*Shell
| Command Output*' even though that buffer is not automatically displayed.
`----
so it seems rather hard-wired to me (i.e. you'd have to write your own
function or use defadvice).
I think you meant [[shell:echo $PATH]], so that the output is on stdout
not stderr, but I don't think that alters conclusions.
Dan
>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
>
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* Re: shell: link output
2010-05-02 23:14 ` Dan Davison
@ 2010-05-02 23:54 ` Thomas S. Dye
2010-05-03 23:45 ` Uday S Reddy
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas S. Dye @ 2010-05-02 23:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dan Davison; +Cc: emacs org-mode mailing list
On May 2, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Dan Davison wrote:
> "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>
>> Aloha all,
>>
>> A link like this in my Org-mode buffer:
>>
>> [[shell:$PATH]]
>>
>> sends output to a buffer called *Shell Command Output*, which on my
>> system, at least, remains buried. I'd like to display the buffer
>> when
>> the user clicks the link, ideally in another window of the same
>> frame. How can I do this?
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> It displays the output in the minibuffer, right? I'm not sure
> there's a
> very easy solution. Documented behaviour of `shell-command' is that
>
> ,----
> | The output appears in the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'. If the
> | output is short enough to display in the echo area (which is
> determined
> | by the variables `resize-mini-windows' and `max-mini-window-
> height'), it
> | is shown there, but it is nonetheless available in buffer `*Shell
> | Command Output*' even though that buffer is not automatically
> displayed.
> `----
>
> so it seems rather hard-wired to me (i.e. you'd have to write your own
> function or use defadvice).
>
> I think you meant [[shell:echo $PATH]], so that the output is on
> stdout
> not stderr, but I don't think that alters conclusions.
>
> Dan
Thanks for the help Dan. That's what I needed to know.
All the best,
Tom
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* Re: shell: link output
2010-05-02 23:14 ` Dan Davison
2010-05-02 23:54 ` Thomas S. Dye
@ 2010-05-03 23:45 ` Uday S Reddy
2010-05-03 22:15 ` Dan Davison
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Uday S Reddy @ 2010-05-03 23:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 5/3/2010 12:14 AM, Dan Davison wrote:
>
> It displays the output in the minibuffer, right? I'm not sure there's a
> very easy solution. Documented behaviour of `shell-command' is that
>
> ,----
> | The output appears in the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'. If the
> | output is short enough to display in the echo area (which is determined
> | by the variables `resize-mini-windows' and `max-mini-window-height'), it
> | is shown there, but it is nonetheless available in buffer `*Shell
> | Command Output*' even though that buffer is not automatically displayed.
> `----
>
> so it seems rather hard-wired to me (i.e. you'd have to write your own
> function or use defadvice).
I think `shell-command' displays the *Shell Command Output* buffer only when it is called interactively. When it is called programatically, I think they expect the calling program to display the *Shell Command Output* buffer separately. Org mode is not doing so.
Cheers,
Uday
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* Re: Re: shell: link output
2010-05-03 23:45 ` Uday S Reddy
@ 2010-05-03 22:15 ` Dan Davison
2010-05-04 1:48 ` Uday S Reddy
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Davison @ 2010-05-03 22:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Uday S Reddy; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Uday S Reddy <u.s.reddy@cs.bham.ac.uk> writes:
> On 5/3/2010 12:14 AM, Dan Davison wrote:
>
>>
>> It displays the output in the minibuffer, right? I'm not sure there's a
>> very easy solution. Documented behaviour of `shell-command' is that
>>
>> ,----
>> | The output appears in the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'. If the
>> | output is short enough to display in the echo area (which is determined
>> | by the variables `resize-mini-windows' and `max-mini-window-height'), it
>> | is shown there, but it is nonetheless available in buffer `*Shell
>> | Command Output*' even though that buffer is not automatically displayed.
>> `----
>>
>> so it seems rather hard-wired to me (i.e. you'd have to write your own
>> function or use defadvice).
>
> I think `shell-command' displays the *Shell Command Output* buffer only when it is called interactively. When it is called programatically, I think they expect the calling program to display the *Shell Command Output* buffer separately. Org mode is not doing so.
Hi Uday,
Hmm, no, I think what I wrote was correct :) If the output is too long
to fit in the minibuffer, then shell-command does display the output
buffer, whether in interactive or non-interactive context (at least in
emacs 24 on linux).
Dan
>
> Cheers,
> Uday
>
>
>
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