Re: async-shell-command and prefix argument

[Juri Linkov]

>>> Basically, the post explains most of my problem:
>>> http://mbork.pl/2016-04-12_Showing_some_of_those_Async_Shell_Command_buffers
>>> and an (extremely hackish) solution.  Since the prefix argument to
>>> `async-shell-command' is pretty useless, I would like it to make the
>>> output window disappear (or appear, whichever is the saner default,
>>> possibly decided by some variable).
>>>
>>> Does such an idea make sense?  Should I file a feature request?
>>
>> Is something wrong with customizing async-shell-command-display-buffer?
>> I have it set to nil for quite some time.
>
> Would it help for this use-case?  That is, make the output buffers
> disappear (even in the presence of some output), but not if a prefix
> argument is used?

Does C-u already mean inserting the output in the current buffer?
Maybe then you could use e.g. M-0 prefix arg?