+2000-08-03 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
+
+ * comint.el (comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields):
+ New variable.
+ (comint-prompt-regexp, comint-get-old-input): Document dependence on
+ comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields.
+ (comint-send-input): Add `input' field property to stuff we send to
+ the process, if comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields is nil.
+ (comint-output-filter): Add `output' field property to process
+ output, if comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields is nil.
+ (comint-replace-by-expanded-history)
+ (comint-get-old-input-default, comint-show-output)
+ (comint-backward-matching-input, comint-forward-matching-input)
+ (comint-next-prompt, comint-previous-prompt): Use field
+ properties if comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields is nil.
+ (comint-line-beginning-position): New function.
+ (comint-bol): Use comint-line-beginning-position. Make ARG optional.
+ (comint-replace-by-expanded-history-before-point): Use
+ comint-line-beginning-position and line-end-position.
+ (comint-last-output-overlay): New variable.
+ (comint-mode): Make `comint-last-output-overlay' buffer-local.
+
+ * shell.el (shell-prompt-pattern): Doc change.
+ (shell-backward-command): Use line-beginning-position.
+
+ * gud.el (gud-gdb-complete-command): Use
+ comint-line-beginning-position.
+
+ * ielm.el (ielm-indent-line): Detect a "prompt" line by seeing if
+ comint-bol doesn't actually go to the beginning of the line.
+
+ * hippie-exp.el (try-expand-line): Only use comint-prompt-regexp
+ if comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields is non-nil.
+ (try-expand-line-all-buffers): Likewise.
+
+ * progmodes/sql.el (sql-magic-go): Use comint-bol instead of
+ explicitly matching comint-prompt-regexp.
+ (sql-copy-column): Use comint-line-beginning-position instead of
+ explicitly matching comint-prompt-regexp.
+
+ * progmodes/octave-inf.el (inferior-octave-complete): Use
+ comint-line-beginning-position.
+
+ * progmodes/inf-lisp.el (inferior-lisp-prompt): Doc change.
+
+ * progmodes/idlw-shell.el (idlwave-shell-send-command): When
+ looking for a prompt, use `forward-line 0' instead of
+ `beginning-of-line', to avoid getting caught by an input field.
+
2000-08-07 Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
* files.el (shell-quote-wildcard-pattern): Make sure to return