From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Is `make-process' doing this? Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:07:48 +0200 Message-ID: <877f98864b.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <87lgxodsm8.fsf@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1476644911 9298 195.159.176.226 (16 Oct 2016 19:08:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 19:08:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Emacs developers To: Joost Kremers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 16 21:08:28 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1bvqmu-0006mm-HW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:08:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57514 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqmv-0007RW-LU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:08:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45891) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqmq-0007RP-6d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:07:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqmn-0000KA-0F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:07:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:33533) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqmm-0000JL-RW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:07:52 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sxrSj6mBsz3hjTQ; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:07:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3sxrSj5snLzvkRh; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:07:49 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EqsgDybKrHe2; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:07:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: nuU6vYzbwU97t4vRZYigwPGQ6T2kqEKxGnv9HEroFGs29MMvkdZV392ewRvfXdQE Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-27-238.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.27.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:07:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5C3962C383E; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:07:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: RELAX!! ... This is gonna be a HEALING EXPERIENCE!! Besides, I work for DING DONGS! In-Reply-To: <87lgxodsm8.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Joost Kremers's message of "Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:02:55 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:208337 Archived-At: On Okt 16 2016, Joost Kremers wrote: > IELM> (start-process "some-process" nil "evince" "~/path/to/some.pdf") This passes the string "~/path/to/some.pdf" as the argument. > ~ $ evince ~/path/to/some.pdf Try this instead: $ evince '~/path/to/some.pdf' Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."