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- From: don@blkhole.resun.com (Don Phillips)
- Subject: Re: ??? Standard output into a buffer
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- In-Reply-To: burky@austin.ibm.com's message of 19 Aug 92 16:12:17 GMT
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 02:29:02 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.161217.16223@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
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- >>>>> In article <1992Aug19.161217.16223@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, burky@austin.ibm.com writes:
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- burky> I'm trying to find a way to execute a program from
- burky> within my emacs buffer such that the standard output of
- burky> that program is directed to the insertion point in my
- burky> buffer.
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- From the on-line documentation:
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- shell-command:
- Execute string COMMAND in inferior shell; display output, if any.
- Optional second arg non-nil (prefix arg, if interactive)
- means insert output in current buffer after point (leave mark after it).
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- Hope this helps
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