From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#59960: 30.0.50; Eshell's $* variable (used to define aliases) doesn't work as expected Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:27:51 +0200 Message-ID: <83lencst6g.fsf@gnu.org> References: <9d1df9de-5ecc-0499-de5f-28d34f6a821d@gmail.com> <83fsdmv01l.fsf@gnu.org> <01123db4-a3e1-9eac-b50b-174c239fbecd@gmail.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="783"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 59960@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jim Porter Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 12 13:28:17 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p4hur-000Aad-HC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:28:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4hud-0003Hk-OK; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:28:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4huc-0003FX-5B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:28:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4hub-0001LB-Sq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:28:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p4hub-0001Tz-Np for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:28:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:28:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 59960 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 59960-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B59960.16708480785689 (code B ref 59960); Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:28:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 59960) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Dec 2022 12:27:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52649 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p4huX-0001Th-M1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44532) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p4huV-0001TY-JU for 59960@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4huQ-0001Hc-79; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:27:50 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=xd7pA3rBXP90aqgenh/2DowtlnBzNqYritOl0pdaM4w=; b=ElMUjW9bGCkf iVgdZ3mJ7gQlKU1IW8QI4Q3QuCA6IvtlkZ8O6DwT32if/VmLaGee+tlGmkXcpRDSdcXhCwDfoUwO1 w54GnGuUDEUYYfQ6xV/9JGKi8fkOwDUG/gPQKTkg/gQVWmS9PhNzRm1vkdHmyMgDRLUb+xeb7jSzS oUOuXyXxAKuXBwMrfKjAikvSoivE8vyu6GRuq0Z2oF23aMC5B3zNQjLIaYYvYAppwwOm1/HMywIOB 9+4vU7nYipEwrCiZ2+VkV4OkXlkIn4juLPd8OENauf/PPkTPDdDkBXTbD5aD0UAnIfJYsLgQvg3ht rPGShQU2EdVjNiuKjP4L3A==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p4huP-00050B-L6; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:27:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: <01123db4-a3e1-9eac-b50b-174c239fbecd@gmail.com> (message from Jim Porter on Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:36:13 -0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:250698 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:36:13 -0800 > Cc: 59960@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Jim Porter > > On 12/11/2022 12:04 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > AFAICT, the fact that $* produces a sub-list is not mentioned in the > > documentation part of the patch. I think it should, if only to > > explain why a special expansion is needed. > > Ok, I've expanded the documentation here to (hopefully) make things > clearer. Thanks, I'm happy now.