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Re: shell-unquote-argument: throws error if called outside a shell buffe
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: shell-unquote-argument: throws error if called outside a shell buffer |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:17:06 +0200 |
> From: raman <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 18:48:12 -0800
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> 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.
I think this is simply a bug: the only reason that function wants a
shell buffer is to access the name of the shell process running in
it. It could instead fall back on some system-dependent default, and
perhaps also provide a way for Lisp callers to specify the shell.
Patches to that effect are welcome. (I'm also in favor of moving this
function to subr.el, while at that.)
TIA