From: jidanni@jidanni.org
To: larsi@gnus.org
Cc: 6857@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6857: shell-command should say where it is talking about
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:42:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r568qur1.fsf@jidanni.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y6c9jdr2.fsf@jidanni.org>
>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
LMI> jidanni@jidanni.org writes:
>> M-! (translated from <escape> !) runs the command shell-command, which
>> is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
>>
>> OK, but in its error message,
>>
>> (Shell command failed with code 99 and some error output)
>>
>> you had better tell the user just what buffer to look for that error
>> output in, lest he have to figure it out himself. Not impossible but not
>> friendly. emacs-version "24.0.50.1".
LMI> In what cases do you get an error message saying
LMI> (Shell command failed with code 99 and some error output)
LMI> ?
LMI> I get error messages like:
LMI> /bin/bash: lala: command not found
I see. I set
(setq shell-command-default-error-buffer "shell-command-errors")
to avoid stderr and stdout being jumbled.
Therefore code like
(let ((output
(if (and error-file
(< 0 (nth 7 (file-attributes error-file))))
"some error output"
"no output")))
needs to mention shell-command-default-error-buffer if set, to the user.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-02 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-14 17:38 bug#6857: shell-command should say where it is talking about jidanni
2011-07-02 14:00 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-02 20:42 ` jidanni [this message]
2011-07-02 21:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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