Re: shell-command - missing shell-quote-argument for program?

[Andreas Schwab]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     C-h f shell RET
>
>     "[...]
>     The shell file name (sans directories) is used to make a symbol name
>     such as `explicit-csh-args'.  If that symbol is a variable,
>     its value is used as a list of arguments when invoking the shell.
>     Otherwise, one argument `-i' is passed to the shell."
>
> We should have a note about this to the doc string of explicit-bash-args,
> so that people looking at it understand how it is used.
> Would you please add one?

The doc string already says:

  Args passed to inferior shell by M-x shell, if the shell is bash.

IMHO this should be clear enough (there is even a link to the shell
function).  That the variable is not referenced explicitly is an
implementation detail that doesn't belong in the doc string of
explicit-bash-args.

Andreas.

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