Re: Convert the shell command used in emacs init-file into its normal version.

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 1:18 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 22:21:58 +0800
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> >
> > > > "curl -s https://api.mathpix.com/v3/latex -X POST -H \"app_id: %s\" -H
> > > > \"app_key: %s\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" --data
> > > > \"{\\\"src\\\":\\\"%s\\\",\\\"formats\\\":
> > > > [\\\"latex_styled\\\"],\\\"format_options\\\":{\\\"latex_styled\\\":
> > > > {\\\"transforms\\\": [\\\"rm_spaces\\\"]}}}\""
> > > >
> > > > I want to obtain its normal version and test it under the system's
> > > > shell terminal. Any hints for deleting the escape characters correctly
> > > > from the above command in Emacs way?
> > >
> > > Did you try using split-string-and-unquote?
> >
> > To be frank, no. It's an eshell command, and I'm unfamiliar with it.
> > Any hints for using it in this case?
>
> Sorry, I don't understand: you want hints for using what?
>
> And how does eshell come into play here, I don't think you mentioned
> that before.
>

Sorry for my misunderstanding of your meaning. I just want to know the
exact Emacs command sequence for stripping out the black slashes and
quotes of the following string with the function
split-string-and-unquote.

 "curl -s https://api.mathpix.com/v3/latex -X POST -H \"app_id: %s\" -H
 \"app_key: %s\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" --data
\"{\\\"src\\\":\\\"%s\\\",\\\"formats\\\":
 [\\\"latex_styled\\\"],\\\"format_options\\\":{\\\"latex_styled\\\":
 {\\\"transforms\\\": [\\\"rm_spaces\\\"]}}}\""

Regards
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Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China