* eshell aliases and extra parameters
@ 2019-06-18 19:59 jonetsu
2019-06-19 5:26 ` Colin Baxter
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: jonetsu @ 2019-06-18 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hello,
I have defined an alias for eshell, which is found
in .emacs/eshell/alias :
alias PC17 g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -pthread $1
This works fine to compile files, such as:
PC17 explicit.cc
Although it does not work when an extra compile parameter is added,
such as:
PC17 -DEXPLICIT explicit.cc
g++: fatal error: no input files
It looks like $1 does not stand for any number of arguments, taking one
and rejecting any others.
At the regular Linux console, the just-about same (w/o the $1) alias
works with extra params:
alias PC17='g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -pthread
% PC17 -DEXPLICIT explicit.cc
Is there a way to add on-the-spot parameters in eshell w/o having to
modify the eshell alias itself ?
Cheers.
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* Re: eshell aliases and extra parameters
2019-06-18 19:59 eshell aliases and extra parameters jonetsu
@ 2019-06-19 5:26 ` Colin Baxter
2019-06-19 13:28 ` jonetsu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Colin Baxter @ 2019-06-19 5:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jonetsu; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Dear Jonetsu,
>>>>> jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> writes:
> Hello, I have defined an alias for eshell, which is found in
> .emacs/eshell/alias :
> alias PC17 g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -pthread $1
> This works fine to compile files, such as:
> PC17 explicit.cc
> Although it does not work when an extra compile parameter is
> added, such as:
> PC17 -DEXPLICIT explicit.cc g++: fatal error: no input files
> It looks like $1 does not stand for any number of arguments,
> taking one and rejecting any others.
> At the regular Linux console, the just-about same (w/o the $1)
> alias works with extra params:
> alias PC17='g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -pthread
> % PC17 -DEXPLICIT explicit.cc
> Is there a way to add on-the-spot parameters in eshell w/o having
> to modify the eshell alias itself ?
Try $* rather than $1, as in
alias PC17 g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -pthread $*
Best wishes,
Colin Baxter.
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