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bug#25270: eshell -- programmatically send input -- feature request
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#25270: eshell -- programmatically send input -- feature request |
Date: |
Fri, 13 May 2022 16:02:51 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Keith David Bershatsky <esq@lawlist.com> writes:
> As far as I am aware, users of eshell have been limited to sending
> input programmatically by inserting the command into the eshell buffer
> (at the command prompt) and then executing `eshell-send-input`. Some
> users (like myself) may feel that such a solution is lo-tech -- i.e.,
> not very eloquent.
[...]
> The following is an example of how this new feature might be implemented:
>
> SAMPLE USAGE: (eshell-send-input nil nil nil "ls -la /")
>
> (require 'eshell)
>
> (defun eshell-send-input (&optional use-region queue-p no-newline
> input-string-a)
(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)
I think this makes sense, but I'm not very familiar with eshell
internals, so I've added Jim to the CCs; perhaps he has some comments.
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