From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27361: 24.4; eshell/echo silently ignores -n argument Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:31 -0400 Message-ID: <17r2yfe7zo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87tw3ilf4i.fsf@hagelb.org> <87fuewr4zt.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <871sqgroft.fsf@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497923897 2196 195.159.176.226 (20 Jun 2017 01:58:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:58:17 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 27361@debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: Phil Hagelberg Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 20 03:58:09 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Qi-0008VY-C5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Jun 2017 03:58:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45193 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Ql-0000hZ-NA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:58:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33324) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Qd-0000by-3Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:58:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Qc-000654-G8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:58:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54109) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Qc-00064z-Cq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:58:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Qc-0005x2-2u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:58:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:58:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27361 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 27361-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27361.149792387722865 (code B ref 27361); Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:58:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27361) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jun 2017 01:57:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56786 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8QX-0005wj-Cf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42234) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8QV-0005wX-HJ for 27361@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8QP-0005yg-OU for 27361@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:50 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:54966) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Q8-0005qI-9z; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dN8Q7-0007Mn-PS; Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:31 -0400 X-Spook: cypherpunk Strain BROMURE PLO hackers Flood Operation X-Ran: qX8TN9k[9BWDi>PYo%q+Dok[zm%OU1oAF7"x (Phil Hagelberg's message of "Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:22:53 -0700") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:133780 Archived-At: echo -n is famously non-portable. Perhaps eshell is trying to make a point. ;) echo --help does document the -n behaviour, and it's been like that since always. With eshell-plain-echo-behavior set, -n is simply ignored. I would have thought you must have eshell-plain-echo-behavior set if you want anything like "standard" echo behaviour.