From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: non-interactive shell Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:53 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206394864 25579 80.91.229.12 (24 Mar 2008 21:41:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:41:04 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 22:41:33 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JduPi-0003K5-6f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:41:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JduP7-00059s-8y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:40:29 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:40 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 24 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.9 Original-X-Trace: sv3-6LybHibFuoaG5ykr8YOnhWyIyLCDehJJp50wWS5yV1cZv40me77m5t7/u/WoYJ9zlxhkwBTOfT3ib4v!rLeNusUh4wdEAjrgYJcWx6uwUmjLMSWsNotinRbdYrhNPkjS8iZYSK7VAj06AbjSVQdvpXp4ChsZ!hFsVJh0184u+iHCPPRs4bUxJ7uC7 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.37 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:157300 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:52670 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:34:25 -0600 >> From: "B. T. Raven" >> >>> (make-directory path t) >>> >>> >> That one is new to me too. I'll use it but if I add parents arg I will >> have to learn how to handle the "Cancel" error. I could have found it >> with C-h a but I didn't think the function I needed would be among the >> commands. Is there a way to do apropos with C-h f ? > > You mean, "M-x apropos-command RET"? > > Both give me the same prompt anyway: Apropos command (word list or regexp): So I think it's ok to refer to the default key bindings for the sake of brevity. Anyway, what I wrote about "Cancel" error should refer to (write-file filespec confirm) since that needs error handling more often than make-directory (and parents).