From: Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es>
Cc: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org
Subject: Re: ielm uses the cat program
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:15:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030131000858.C8B6.LEKTU@terra.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E397C20.6090509@ihs.com>
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 12:25:20 -0700
Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com> wrote:
> If hexl is distributed with Emacs, how could start-process signal a file-error?
The user could delete hexl, if he doesn't use hexl-mode and doesn't want
to have the binary 'round. It's a long shot, but it is certainly posible.
Also, it could have failed building for some reason or other.
> And if it doess, why is cat considered a viable fallback?
I don't know, I didn't write the code, but I suppose the reasoning is
that one or the other are very likely to be around... and if they don't,
well, you'll get an error anyway.
--
Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es>
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2003-01-30 12:19 ielm uses the cat program Alex Schroeder
2003-01-30 12:52 ` Juanma Barranquero
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2003-01-30 19:25 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-01-30 23:15 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
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