From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Guerry Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc for call-process, ARGS is missing Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:14:12 +0000 Message-ID: <87bq5m2eiz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <47D5E3AC.1040707@gmail.com> <87zlt6xc9e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <47D5E749.8040101@gmail.com> <87iqzu2ez1.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205201676 32273 80.91.229.12 (11 Mar 2008 02:14:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:14:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 11 03:15:03 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JYu19-000352-3y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:15:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYu0a-00027z-5z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:14:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYu0V-00027Q-S8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:14:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYu0U-00027B-9y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:14:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYu0T-000274-Vj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:14:22 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYu0T-0006zZ-Mk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:14:21 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so2642318fga.30 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:14:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=k62g2+6GBMSbUI/Dpw55xXYN5Vou0+cti2nvCyTCgts=; b=s71ACIUX+nxDebUx13bITa6kf3K0CtZpT9/3muM88jIG1coWHjDRrnE16RVk4aZNrs5CJ8rC5QQgwC0VhjidpAiu6pGHkK5nqTVdZGE/1ceIF+228hmm7BrKjnr2u+fHY6G6feTefvYOfdgs9YtT4cexcRLEe9BDVNu4KQaTXRI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=vrV4V8bV9H89rfPj/L424/6nH0bL6305AEYSDcSOqCWd18DhXmfJGLLc4QVBc2aCNmWid4vMyiYKeQl//ayBwx1o2HXw3y3eEdp0KhG6tBCRrXINvz/kU02k39x+MfHTCCj62pUhFshcwHYtHmvw9+cYVYBv2C1OThWObSdwuNY= Original-Received: by 10.86.36.11 with SMTP id j11mr7477392fgj.5.1205201660830; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [81.99.213.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g9sm672034gvc.4.2008.03.10.19.14.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:14:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A4BE615796E; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:14:12 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <87iqzu2ez1.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien Guerry's message of "Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:04:34 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:92123 Archived-At: Bastien Guerry writes: > "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > >> Chong Yidong wrote: >>> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: >>> >>>> ARGS is totally missing from the doc string. >>> >>> Not so: >>> >>> Remaining arguments are strings passed as command arguments to PROGRAM. >> >> Thanks Chong and Bastien, it is there, but wouldn't it be good if it >> were more explicit? > > "Remaing arguments ARGS" would perhaps be clearer. But ARGS is quite a > standard way of referring to such remaining arguments... And looking back again to the comment, I think the reason for not using "Remaining argument ARGS" in the first place was to keep the whole line under 75 characters - avoiding rejection of "PROGRAM" on a third line.. :-) -- Bastien