From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Jens Lange <jens.lange.de@gmail.com>, 31810@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31810: 26.1; dig doesn't process parameters correctly when called interactivly
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:52:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yy3gq8b.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83h8m64psf.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:25:20 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> "M-x dig" doesn't support the feature you expect when invoked
> interactively: it only asks about the host, but doesn't support
> getting the TYPE argument from the user. You cannot provide both the
> host and the type by typing a string with a blank, because the command
> interprets that as the name of a host to query about.
>
> IOW, this is a missing feature, not a bug. Patches to add the missing
> capabilities in interactive usage are welcome.
I've now added this to Emacs 28 -- `C-u M-x dig' will prompt for a query
type.
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2018-06-13 1:50 bug#31810: 26.1; dig doesn't process parameters correctly when called interactivly Jens Lange
2018-06-13 16:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-24 16:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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