Thanks for this recipe, this is exactly what I wanted, as simply setting eshell-bad-command-tolerance to 0 does not work. I am closing this bug, although I would consider disabling 'eshell-fix-bad-commands a configuration request :) On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 3:49 AM Juanma Barranquero wrote: > You can remove the checking command > > (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook > (lambda () > (remove-hook 'eshell-alternate-command-hook > 'eshell-fix-bad-commands t))) > > or some variant of it. The command is added to the hook unconditionally, > with no customization option, AFAICS. > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 9:34 AM Milan Zimmermann < > milan.zimmermann@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am reporting this realizing, this non-idempotent behavior will likely >> not be considered a bug. >> >> However, in a scripting language, when one would want to use scripts not >> attended, it is disturbing (at least, to me). >> >> Try any command that does not exist, four (4) times. The first three >> times, we get "Command not found". The fourth time, we are prompted for >> an alias. This is not desirable. If anything, why not ask the first time? >> >> ======================== >> ~/tmp $ 1 >> 1: command not found >> ~/tmp $ 1 >> 1: command not found >> ~/tmp $ 1 >> 1: command not found >> ~/tmp $ 1 ### Prompt: Define alias for "1" >> ======================== >> >> Is there a way to change this, to never ask for an alias? I >> apologize if I missed some customization, I did look quite a bit. >> >> >> Addendum: >> ================================= >> I also offer this slant on the issue: >> >> ~/tmp $ if ${> 3 1} {echo "FIRST"} {echo "SECOND"} >> FIRST >> ~/tmp $ if ${> 3 1} {echo "FIRST"} {echo "SECOND"} >> FIRST >> ~/tmp $ if ${> 3 1} {echo "FIRST"} {echo "SECOND"} >> FIRST >> ~/tmp $ if ${> 3 1} {echo "FIRST"} {echo "SECOND"} ### Prompt: Define >> alias for "nil" >> >> >> This actually shows a bug in the conditionals. I assume the test returns >> nil which for some reason is, on the 4th attempt to considered a >> command? >> >> Maybe it is confused because of this behavior: >> >> ~/tmp $ if ${< 3 1} {echo "FIRST"} {echo "SECOND"} >> Eshell does not support input redirection >> >> and same here: >> >> ~/tmp $ if {< 3 1} {echo "FIRST"} {echo "SECOND"} >> Eshell does not support input redirection >> >> I assume all this should be reported as a separate bug? >> >> Thanks >> Milan >> >> >> In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version >> 3.24.34, cairo version 1.17.6) >> System Description: openSUSE Tumbleweed >> >> Configured using: >> 'configure --host=x86_64-suse-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-suse-linux-gnu >> --program-prefix= --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr >> --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin >> --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include >> --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var >> --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man >> --infodir=/usr/share/info --disable-build-details --without-pop >> --with-mailutils --without-hesiod --with-gameuser=:games >> --with-kerberos --with-kerberos5 --with-file-notification=inotify >> --with-modules --enable-autodepend --prefix=/usr >> --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share >> --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/var/lib >> --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --with-file-notification=yes >> >> --enable-locallisppath=/usr/share/emacs/29.0.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp >> --without-x --with-json --without-xim --with-sound --with-xpm >> --with-jpeg --with-tiff --with-gif --with-png --with-rsvg --with-dbus >> --without-xft --without-gpm --with-pgtk --without-native-compilation >> --with-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-libotf --with-m17n-flt --with-cairo >> --without-xwidgets --with-dumping=pdumper 'CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall >> -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -fstack-protector-strong >> -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection >> -Werror=return-type -flto=auto -D_GNU_SOURCE >> -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS -DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS' >> LDFLAGS=-flto=auto' >> >> Configured features: >> ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON >> LCMS2 LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY INOTIFY >> PDUMPER PGTK PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF >> TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS WEBP XIM GTK3 ZLIB >> >> Important settings: >> value of $LANG: en_CA.UTF-8 >> value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus >> locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix >> >> Major mode: Eshell >> >> Minor modes in effect: >> shell-dirtrack-mode: t >> eshell-prompt-mode: t >> eshell-hist-mode: t >> eshell-pred-mode: t >> eshell-cmpl-mode: t >> eshell-proc-mode: t >> eshell-arg-mode: t >> tooltip-mode: t >> global-eldoc-mode: t >> show-paren-mode: t >> electric-indent-mode: t >> mouse-wheel-mode: t >> tool-bar-mode: t >> menu-bar-mode: t >> file-name-shadow-mode: t >> global-font-lock-mode: t >> font-lock-mode: t >> blink-cursor-mode: t >> line-number-mode: t >> indent-tabs-mode: t >> transient-mark-mode: t >> auto-composition-mode: t >> auto-encryption-mode: t >> auto-compression-mode: t >> >> Load-path shadows: >> None found. >> >> Features: >> (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message mailcap yank-media puny dired >> dired-loaddefs rfc822 mml mml-sec password-cache epa derived epg rfc6068 >> epg-config gnus-util text-property-search mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode >> mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 >> rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils time-date cl-seq >> em-unix em-term term disp-table shell subr-x ehelp em-script em-prompt >> em-ls em-hist em-pred em-glob em-extpipe em-cmpl em-dirs esh-var >> pcomplete comint ansi-osc ansi-color ring em-basic em-banner em-alias >> esh-mode eshell esh-cmd generator esh-ext esh-opt esh-proc esh-io >> esh-arg esh-module esh-groups esh-util cus-edit pp cus-start cus-load >> icons wid-edit cl-loaddefs cl-lib files-x rmc iso-transl tooltip cconv >> eldoc paren electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type >> elisp-mode mwheel term/pgtk-win pgtk-win term/common-win pgtk-dnd >> tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list replace >> newcomment text-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page tab-bar menu-bar >> rfn-eshadow isearch easymenu timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock >> font-lock syntax font-core term/tty-colors frame minibuffer nadvice seq >> simple cl-generic indonesian philippine cham georgian utf-8-lang >> misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms >> cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian >> cyrillic chinese composite emoji-zwj charscript charprop case-table >> epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help abbrev obarray oclosure cl-preloaded button >> loaddefs theme-loaddefs faces cus-face macroexp files window >> text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule >> custom widget keymap hashtable-print-readable backquote threads dbusbind >> inotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting cairo >> gtk pgtk lcms2 multi-tty make-network-process emacs) >> >> Memory information: >> ((conses 16 77472 8445) >> (symbols 48 8768 0) >> (strings 32 24219 1387) >> (string-bytes 1 726949) >> (vectors 16 14928) >> (vector-slots 8 203659 15195) >> (floats 8 34 36) >> (intervals 56 345 0) >> (buffers 984 11)) >> >