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Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?
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Kim F. Storm |
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Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix? |
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12 Apr 2002 13:43:20 +0200 |
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"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> writes:
> > From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 00:09:43 -0400
> >
> > -(defun shell-quote-argument (argument)
> > - "Quote an argument for passing as argument to an inferior shell."
> > - (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos)
> > +(defun shell-quote-argument (argument &optional shell-type)
> > + "Quote an argument for passing as argument to an inferior shell.
> > +SHELL-TYPE is the type of shell to which this will be passed.
> > +It defaults to the value of `system-type'."
> > + (unless shell-type (setq shell-type system-type))
> > + (if (eq shell-type 'ms-dos)
>
> This is what I had in mind, but I think `shell-type' is not a good
> name for that argument, since without reading the source of the
> function, I'd be tempted to use something like 'bash or 'command.com
> there instead of ms-dos or windows-nt. I think system-type or os-type
> is better. I also suggest to say in the doc string that the possible
> values are those used in the system-type variable.
Maybe `target-system-type' would be a sensible name for the parameter?
The doc string could the state:
TARGET-SYSTEM-TYPE is the `system-type' of the system where the quoted
argument will be interpreted. It defaults to the value of `system-type'.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/04/10
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/10
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/04/10
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Stefan Monnier, 2002/04/10
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Richard Stallman, 2002/04/11
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Stefan Monnier, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?,
Kim F. Storm <=
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Stefan Monnier, 2002/04/12
Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kim F. Storm, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/04/12
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Richard Stallman, 2002/04/13
- Re: shell-quote-argument: make it behave as if on Unix?, Kai Großjohann, 2002/04/13