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Re: shell-unquote-argument: throws error if called outside a shell buffe
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raman |
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Re: shell-unquote-argument: throws error if called outside a shell buffer |
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Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:48:12 -0800 |
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Andreas Politz <address@hidden> writes:
Yes, namespacing -- plus incomplete documentation.
shell-unquote-argument is a compiled Lisp function in `shell.el'.
(shell-unquote-argument STRING)
Remove all kinds of shell quoting from STRING.
[back]
> I assume this is a problem of name-spaces. While `shell-quote-argument'
> lives in subr.el, where the prefix denotes "functionality related to
> shells", its would-be companion function `shell-unquote-argument' is
> defined in shell.el and is not supposed to be used outside that
> libraries scope (i.e. a *shell* buffer), as is e.g. shell-resync-dirs.
>
> -ap
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