From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11474: Patch for Emacsclient --eval bug Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:34:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86ehqmm2u2.fsf@dickson.st> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396524048 26724 80.91.229.3 (3 Apr 2014 11:20:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 11:20:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11474@debbugs.gnu.org To: Scott Turner Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 03 13:20:41 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WVeK3-00075K-SV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:52:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39723 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO8H-0002Yi-6I for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:35:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO86-0002NO-D4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:35:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO7y-0001Ih-V0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60227) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO7y-0001IQ-Ro for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO7y-0006VH-Gq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:35:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11474 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 11474-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11474.139645645524936 (code B ref 11474); Wed, 02 Apr 2014 16:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11474) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Apr 2014 16:34:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33176 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO7C-0006U7-RD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:34:15 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50661) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WVO7A-0006Tw-1E for 11474@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:34:12 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id s32GYAte010656; Wed, 2 Apr 2014 12:34:10 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C0489603AE; Wed, 2 Apr 2014 12:34:09 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Scott Turner's message of "Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:34:13 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4900=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9378 : core <4900> : inlines <685> : streams <1150415> : uri <1718154> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:87667 Archived-At: >> Silently dropping arguments is not very polite, so I'm not really happy >> with your solution. > I think as long as it is documented that the alternate_editor is not passed > the arguments intended for Emacs, that behavior is not terrible. The current behavior is not that terrible either. I think a fix should aim to actually improve the situation. > On a practical level, I doubt the alternate_editor is going to be prepared > to deal with Emacs flags, so that's not terribly useful. But if the user uses --alternate-editor together with --eval, she can make the alternate editor understand the args by making it a little script that does what she wants. Stefan