* --batch: mention how to write to stdout
@ 2004-11-27 3:28 Dan Jacobson
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2004-11-27 3:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
In info we note
`--batch'
Run Emacs in "batch mode", which means that the text being edited
is not displayed and the standard terminal interrupt characters
such as `C-z' and `C-c' continue to have their normal effect.
Emacs in batch mode outputs to `stderr' only what would normally
stderr is mentioned
be displayed in the echo area under program control, and functions
which would normally read from the minibuffer take their input
from `stdin'.
stdin is mentioned
But stdout is not mentioned, so users can't figure out how to use it,
and end up using e.g.,
emacs -batch -eval '(progn(bbdb "." t)(other-window 1)(write-file "/dev/stdout"))'
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* Re: --batch: mention how to write to stdout
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@ 2004-11-27 23:04 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-11-28 20:57 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Thien-Thi Nguyen @ 2004-11-27 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> (write-file "/dev/stdout")
$ emacs -batch -eval '(message "foo")' 2>&1 | wc
1 1 4
thi
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* Re: --batch: mention how to write to stdout
2004-11-27 23:04 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
@ 2004-11-28 20:57 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2004-11-28 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "T" == Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org> writes:
T> $ emacs -batch -eval '(message "foo")' 2>&1 | wc
T> 1 1 4
$ emacs -batch -eval '(message "foo")' 2>&1 | wc
34 102 1227
I said stdout, not stderr, dangnabbit. The user wants to read how
to e.g., send the current buffer to stdout.
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