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Document new features if Eshell

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* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Input/Output): Document the new
'#<bufname>' syntax.
(Input/Output): Document 'eshell-destroy-buffer-when-process-dies'.
Disable "Key Index" generation, as there are no @kindex entries in
this manual.
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@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ such as @command{bash}, @command{zsh}, @command{rc}, or
* Concept Index::
* Function and Variable Index::
* Command Index::
@ignore
* Key Index::
@end ignore
@end menu
@node Introduction
@ -670,6 +672,12 @@ page long. If that occurs to you, search for configuration options
for calling @samp{less} without the @samp{-F} option. For Git, you
can do that using @samp{git config --global core.pager 'less -+F'}.
@vindex eshell-destroy-buffer-when-process-dies
If you want the buffers created by visual programs killed when the
program exits, customize the variable
@code{eshell-destroy-buffer-when-process-dies} to a non-@code{nil}
value; the default is @code{nil}.
@section Redirection
Redirection is mostly the same in Eshell as it is in other command
shells. The output redirection operators @code{>} and @code{>>} as
@ -682,6 +690,8 @@ The buffer redirection operator, @code{>>>}, expects a buffer object
on the right-hand side, into which it inserts the output of the
left-hand side. e.g., @samp{echo hello >>> #<buffer *scratch*>}
inserts the string @code{"hello"} into the @file{*scratch*} buffer.
The convenience shorthand variant @samp{#<@var{buffer-name}>}, as in
@samp{#<*scratch*>}, is also accepted.
@code{eshell-virtual-targets} is a list of mappings of virtual device
names to functions. Eshell comes with two virtual devices:
@ -1241,8 +1251,13 @@ Since it keeps the cursor up where the command was invoked.
@printindex cm
@c There are no @kindex entries in this manual; avoid generating an
@c empty menu.
@ignore
@node Key Index
@unnumbered Key Index
@printindex ky
@end ignore
@bye

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@ -1044,12 +1044,14 @@ EUDC's PH backend (eudcb-ph.el) is obsolete.
*** The new built-in command `clear' can scroll window contents out of sight.
If provided with an optional non-nil argument, the scrollback contents will be cleared.
+++
*** New buffer syntax '#<buffer-name>', which is equivalent to
'#<buffer buffer-name>'. This shorthand makes interacting with
buffers from eshell more convenient. Custom variable
`eshell-buffer-shorthand', which has been broken for a while, has been
removed.
+++
*** By default, eshell "visual" program buffers (created by
`eshell-visual-commands' and similar custom vars) are no longer killed
when their processes die. This fixes issues with short-lived commands