From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 63875@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63875: 26.3; Doc of `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 21:50:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sfb87542.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488C421224574543A1D4F5BF34FA@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 3 Jun 2023 17:20:14 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "63875@debbugs.gnu.org" <63875@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 17:20:14 +0000
>
> > > But it would be good, I think, to add that it's
> > > not just about shell commands. Some users will
> > > not recognize that they can invoke executable
> > > programs this way.
> >
> > Shell commands are a super-set of executable programs, so I see no
> > reason to change anything here. The variable is used to invoke
> > commands via a shell, so "shell command" is exactly right.
>
> Yes, but many Emacs users won't know that.
Why wouldn't they? we have a chapter named "Running Shell Commands
from Emacs" in the Emacs manual. Typing "i shell commands RET" in
Info brings you there.
I think you see a problem where there is none.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-03 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-03 16:08 bug#63875: 26.3; Doc of `dired-guess-shell-alist-user' Drew Adams
2023-06-03 16:14 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-04 16:44 ` Juri Linkov
2023-06-03 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-03 16:21 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-03 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-03 16:26 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-03 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-06-03 17:20 ` Drew Adams
2023-06-03 18:50 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-06-03 19:29 ` Drew Adams
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