Document recent changes in 'comint-delete-output' (bug#1496)

* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Shell Mode): Document the new optional
behavior of 'C-c C-o'.

* etc/NEWS: Call out the new behavior of 'C-c C-o'.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
index 12cd492b4bb4f85e305653a8fd0c44fcfb787148..aba98cf21e1cd45a9b474a13c3fee59b434fa181 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
@@ -1021,7 +1021,10 @@ pending in the shell buffer and not yet sent.
 @findex comint-delete-output
 Delete the last batch of output from a shell command
 (@code{comint-delete-output}).  This is useful if a shell command spews
-out lots of output that just gets in the way.
+out lots of output that just gets in the way.  With a prefix argument,
+this command saves the deleted text in the @code{kill-ring}
+(@pxref{Kill Ring}), so that you could later yank it (@pxref{Yanking})
+elsewhere.
 
 @item C-c C-s
 @kindex C-c C-s @r{(Shell mode)}

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 42869f44dcfed0276d1dda19628e5eef9319c8b3..0c90683c767c5c0138fb17c19391e58312c77138 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1426,6 +1426,10 @@ If non-nil, 'shell-mode' handles implicit "cd" commands, changing the
 directory if the command is a directory.  Useful for shells like "zsh"
 that has this feature.
 
++++
+*** 'comint-delete-output' can now save deleted text in the kill-ring.
+Interactively, 'C-u C-c C-o' triggers this new optional behavior.
+
 ** Eshell
 
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