From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Question about start-process and argument list Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2023 18:20:29 -0800 Message-ID: <87cz6q189e.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87r0v7wgrp.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <63dd5f91.050a0220.1f3dc.df39@mx.google.com> <878rhel9zf.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87zg9ujr64.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <63dd9297.df0a0220.2f942.ab1f@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11134"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: chad , Jean Louis , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bruno Barbier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 04 03:21:26 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pO8BB-0002i4-9z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:21:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pO8AQ-00013s-He; Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:20:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pO8AO-00013g-IP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:20:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pO8AM-0005BS-5w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:20:36 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (c-208-53-114-100.customer.broadstripe.net [208.53.114.100]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6126EFA089; Sat, 4 Feb 2023 02:20:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1675477231; bh=/TGp7CKoCJ6nm2tPCWfSjd7PRvY18XLgGxpC93tnaz8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=yrzBCAiTjjJaCFyuUQfQztu95G79vZ13dO0jTDV0QcCQnivmUT7DpmOEOyxRfOOAm JGeGaWRyMs3YK7XJgchT6XOaBRKfVbnHLm2ahV14OMeJOktkyuHXExPeJzILDpqP4M VDcSO59km2GOVjzyqEE45dPmfsAJL+1BHTZ9bR20= In-Reply-To: <63dd9297.df0a0220.2f942.ab1f@mx.google.com> (Bruno Barbier's message of "Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:02:35 +0100") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:302947 Archived-At: Bruno Barbier writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> chad writes: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 4:23 PM Eric Abrahamsen >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Kind of sounds like I should be using `start-process-shell-command' >>>> again! As I understand it, this is its main selling point. >>>> >>> >>> Have you by chance looked at shell-quote-argument or >>> split-string-shell-command? It's been a while since I had to deal with >>> this, but I recall the former being helpful then, and it looks like it may >>> be meant to handle your situation. >> >> But, to be clear, my problem doesn't seem to be escaping/unescaping >> shell-specific characters, as far as I can see that isn't causing the >> trouble. It's passing in the search query as a single argument, when it >> contains spaces. It works fine when it's a single string with no spaces >> in it. > > But, if you go the `start-process-shell-command' way, shell escaping is > going to be *your* problem (for any possible meaning of shell). > > And, in this case, you should really consider using > `shell-quote-argument'. Okay, thanks. Sounds like some testing is in order!