From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7563: 23.2; `split-string-and-unquote' mis-documented / purpose unclear Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:27:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83fwu4vdsk.fsf@gnu.org> <834oakux25.fsf@gnu.org> <524EC395-B36D-4678-AF93-43C24C9E9745@boostpro.com> <83tyikta85.fsf@gnu.org> <781E581B-DE27-4C7E-B97A-DF133D7AD38E@boostpro.com> <83r5dot529.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8A400) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292107955 24649 80.91.229.12 (11 Dec 2010 22:52:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "7563@debbugs.gnu.org" <7563@debbugs.gnu.org> To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 11 23:52:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PRYIm-0007f1-RK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 23:52:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38915 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PRYIm-0003Kt-Ei for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:52:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47699 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PRYIh-0003Jj-A5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:52:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PRYIg-0008IJ-2q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:52:23 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37233) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PRYIg-0008IC-1H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:52:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PRXpK-0003oE-3v; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:22:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dave Abrahams Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7563 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7563-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7563.129210609014593 (code B ref 7563); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7563) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Dec 2010 22:21:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PRXon-0003nK-69 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:21:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qw0-f44.google.com ([209.85.216.44]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PRXol-0003n8-1T for 7563@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:21:27 -0500 Original-Received: by qwg5 with SMTP id 5so4940792qwg.3 for <7563@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:27:33 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.224.11.66 with SMTP id s2mr2287875qas.311.1292106452376; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:27:32 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.15] (pool-74-104-101-70.bstnma.east.verizon.net [74.104.101.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id mz11sm2959405qcb.27.2010.12.11.14.27.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:27:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83r5dot529.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8A400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:22:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42431 Archived-At: IMO they would be much more appropriately documented right next to split-str= ing and concat BoostPro Computing * http://boostpro.com [Sent from coveted but awkward mobile device] -- On Dec 11, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Cc: "7563@debbugs.gnu.org" <7563@debbugs.gnu.org> >> From: Dave Abrahams >> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:41:52 -0500 >>=20 >> Thanks. I'm away from the docs ATM but IIRC this stuff is documented in a= section on interacting with the shell but it seems from the way you describ= e the behavior that this function is all about Emacs string processing and s= hould be elsewhere or it will mislead people >=20 > We cannot have a separate section for every possible sub-class of > features. The description of these functions is in the section named > "Shell Arguments", indeed, but this section is part of a chapter named > "Processes", and it deals with a specialized kind of quoting, so I > don't see how this will mislead, given the explicit references to > call-process and start-process. >=20 > If naming sections is important, we could rename the section to > something like "Command Arguments".