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Re: Gist: get output of an external program on region


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Gist: get output of an external program on region
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:18:03 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> 3. I need to avoid the interactive side-effects of
> shell-command-on-region, such as its tendency to create a new window to
> view the output buffer.

Of course.  Elisp code rarely if ever needs/wants to call things like
shell-command-on-region.  It should use call-process and friends.


        Stefan




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