(tramp-handle-shell-command): Handle output going

to current buffer like shell-command.  Don't disable undo.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 1401f4b8cd8..d2cd49750b2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 2008-08-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
-        * net/tramp.el (tramp-handle-shell-command): Correctly handle
-        output going to current buffer.  Don't disable undo.
+        * net/tramp.el (tramp-handle-shell-command): Handle output going
+        to current buffer like shell-command.  Don't disable undo.
 
 2008-08-13  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 67e679b2ef3..828c1d2442f 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -3878,7 +3878,10 @@ Lisp error raised when PROGRAM is nil is trapped also, returning 1."
             (error nil))
         (error "Shell command in progress")))
 
-    (unless current-buffer-p
+    (if current-buffer-p
+        (progn
+          (barf-if-buffer-read-only)
+          (push-mark nil t))
       (with-current-buffer output-buffer
         (setq buffer-read-only nil)
         (erase-buffer)))
@@ -3900,12 +3903,20 @@ Lisp error raised when PROGRAM is nil is trapped also, returning 1."
           (with-current-buffer error-buffer
             (insert-file-contents (cadr buffer)))
           (delete-file (cadr buffer)))
-        ;; There's some output, display it.
-        (when (with-current-buffer output-buffer (> (point-max) (point-min)))
-          (if (functionp 'display-message-or-buffer)
-              (funcall (symbol-function 'display-message-or-buffer)
-                       output-buffer)
-            (pop-to-buffer output-buffer)))))))
+        (if current-buffer-p
+            ;; This is like exchange-point-and-mark, but doesn't
+            ;; activate the mark.  It is cleaner to avoid activation,
+            ;; even though the command loop would deactivate the mark
+            ;; because we inserted text.
+            (goto-char (prog1 (mark t)
+                         (set-marker (mark-marker) (point)
+                                     (current-buffer))))
+          ;; There's some output, display it.
+          (when (with-current-buffer output-buffer (> (point-max) (point-min)))
+            (if (functionp 'display-message-or-buffer)
+                (funcall (symbol-function 'display-message-or-buffer)
+                         output-buffer)
+              (pop-to-buffer output-buffer))))))))
 
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