From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: *shell* fast and loose with what it sends to the shell Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:24:04 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87fz9cf9wb.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1086372028 1660 80.91.224.253 (4 Jun 2004 18:00:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:00:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 04 20:00:05 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BWIz6-0005po-00 for ; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 20:00:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BWIzU-00029R-PS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:00:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BWIzQ-000298-UC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:00:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BWIzP-00028q-3M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:00:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BWIzO-00028n-Q7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:00:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BWIys-00074t-FG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: from tc218-187-74-125.2-3.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.74.125]:32792 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with asmtp (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.34 #0) id 1BWIyc-0006xI-BN by authid with plain for ; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 23:29:41 +0530 Original-Received: from jidanni by jidanni1 with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BW2VA-0001Uw-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:24:04 +0800 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:8113 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8113 Often in the *shell* buffer, the first letter or so of a command gets stripped when sent to the shell: 08:04 fm$ dlocate -L gdal 08:10 1 fm$ locate: invalid option -- L Usage: locate [-d path | --database=path] [-e | --existing] Here I typed "dlocate" but it only sent "locate" to the shell. This may be because I had been moving the cursor around lots, and have a fancy shell prompt. Sure, today was no big deal, but one day it will remove somebody's almost completed masterpiece, etc.