From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sean O'Rourke Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CEDET calls cpp -E -dM -x c++ /dev/null Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:32:42 -0700 Message-ID: References: <83ws6s2oss.fsf@gnu.org> <83vdmc2o1t.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246480393 26914 80.91.229.12 (1 Jul 2009 20:33:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:33:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 01 22:33:06 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MM6UJ-0004hF-Im for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:33:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46743 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MM6UI-0002XS-Us for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MM6UE-0002Wq-JF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MM6UE-0002We-5i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54800 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MM6UE-0002Wb-1y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.124]:42128) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MM6UE-00056U-0G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:32:58 -0400 Original-Received: from enh.local ([76.174.24.253]) by hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090701203251378.DNDT1006@hrndva-omta01.mail.rr.com>; Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:32:55 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Lennart Borgman's message of "Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:16:26 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.93 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:111881 Archived-At: --=-=-= Lennart Borgman writes: > Looks good IMO, but please add that null-device should be used > instead of /dev/null. Then it will be possible to search for it > in the manual. Does this do it, or do I need to use some other code for /dev/null? /s --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=foo.diff diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index dbff044..2cc4e03 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-07-01 Sean O'Rourke + + * os.texi (System Environment): document null-device, + shell-file-name, and shell-command-switch. + 2009-06-24 Chong Yidong * display.texi (Window Systems): Add ns to the list. diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index 07ae1a0..ff415a8 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi @@ -991,6 +991,21 @@ in the system's terminal driver, before Emacs was started. The value is @code{nil} if Emacs is running under a window system. @end defvar +@defvar null-device +This variable holds the name of the system's null ouput device, used +to discard a program's output. Use this variable instead of +@file{/dev/null} or @file{NUL}. +@end defvar + +@defvar shell-file-name +This variable holds the name of the system shell. +@end defvar + +@defvar shell-command-switch +This variable holds the switch used to have the shell execute its +command line argument. +@end defvar + @node User Identification @section User Identification @cindex user identification --=-=-=--