[Orgmode] Re: shell: link output

[Uday S Reddy]

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