From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29157: 25.3; Eshell parsing fails sometimes, e.g. "date" and "sed" Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:25:47 +0200 Message-ID: <83tvxi6r78.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tvy9rm5z.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgjk7rpd.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87lgjkoloe.fsf@gmail.com> <87shd5znzf.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <87po891o1t.fsf@gmail.com> <87po89ywv5.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <8360a1arlf.fsf@gnu.org> <87lgiui6qc.fsf@gmail.com> <871skmyyyh.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <83wp2e6suq.fsf@gnu.org> <87y3muxgwm.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511641639 23686 195.159.176.226 (25 Nov 2017 20:27:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 29157@debbugs.gnu.org, ambrevar@gmail.com To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 25 21:27:13 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 1eIh2a-0005CI-Rm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:27:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54291 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh2e-0006TY-SM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:27:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39085) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh2X-0006S4-Tt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:27:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh2U-00029R-Pa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:27:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49569) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh2U-00029J-M3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh2U-0002V5-Fq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:27:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29157 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29157-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29157.15116415879565 (code B ref 29157); Sat, 25 Nov 2017 20:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29157) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Nov 2017 20:26:27 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58250 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh1u-0002UD-Sz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:26:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48045) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh1t-0002U1-MP for 29157@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:26:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh1n-0001ra-4q for 29157@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:26:20 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33001) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh1j-0001py-6F; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:26:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4542 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eIh1h-0000Da-9b; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:26:15 -0500 In-reply-to: <87y3muxgwm.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (message from Noam Postavsky on Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:06:01 -0500) 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:140381 Archived-At: > From: Noam Postavsky > Cc: 29157@debbugs.gnu.org, ambrevar@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 15:06:01 -0500 > > > ~ $ date 42 "EDT-5" > > Thu Jan 1 05:00:42 1970 > > ~ $ date (list 23065 51329 644000 0) > > Sat Nov 25 21:46:09 2017 > > Ugh, stop taking me so literally, and just read my mind! ;P > > How about checking for a set of arguments that is compatible with what > current-time-string accepts. Is it really possible to do that reliably? Or maybe you meant to catch errors signaled by current-time-string, and invoke the external command then. If so, I'd agree. But we should then allow customization of the external command's name, because on Windows it will be something like 'gdate', to avoid calling the incompatible Windows shell's built-in (which also prompts interactively for input).