Re: page-at-a-time output for M-x shell

[Sébastien Vauban]

Francis Moreau wrote:
> 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".
>
> Damn, I repeat one more time: I don't want "| less" or less(1) work in "M-x
> shell" (hope this is clear now)

Just one (real) question: what's the advantage of `M-x shell'? I understand
`M-x term' allows for full-blown terminal emulation, but can we use it every
time we were going to use `M-x shell'?

Or are there some things `M-x term' can't do while `M-x shell' can?

Thanks,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban