Re: Can't insert curly brace for string interpolation in ruby-mode

[Steven Degutis <sbdegutis@gmail.com>]

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(1) Yes, that's true. That's a limitation of emacs, not the open command.
Do `emacs --help`
(2) Please do reply-all instead of just replying to me, so more people have
an opportunity to answer you.
(3) None of this is related to curly braces in ruby-mode, i.e. the topic of
this thread. Let's stay on topic.

-Steven


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I try open -a emacs --args ${1+"$@"}, I have to choose either open a
> file, or provide a command line argument. I can't do both.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
> andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd like an emacs.sh script that I could pass command line arguments to.
>> I wouldn't want to manually type "open -a emacs" each time.
>>
>> This almost completely does the job:
>>
>> open -a emacs $1 --args ${2+"$@"}
>>
>> But it only supplies files for Emacs to load. It doesn't support command
>> line arguments like -Q or -nw.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Steven Degutis <sbdegutis@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> No, `open` works fine for this. Look again at the man page. It doesn't
>>> expect a binary like you were passing it (Contents/MacOS/Emacs). Instead
>>> you just pass it the name of an app bundle. The command I sent to you in
>>> the last email works perfectly.
>>>
>>> -Steven
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
>>> andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> I did use the man page, and I did try --args, but open complained.
>>>> Could you suggest a better shell script?
>>>> On Apr 5, 2013 9:07 PM, "Steven Degutis" <sbdegutis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> First of all I highly recommend installing Cocoa Emacs from homebrew.
>>>>> Look here for how to install it properly:
>>>>> https://github.com/sdegutis/using-emacs#installing-emacs-properly
>>>>>
>>>>> Secondly, you pass args to open via --args (look at `man open`). So it
>>>>> would be `open -a emacs --args -Q` if you want to launch Cocoa Emacs with -Q
>>>>>
>>>>> -Steven
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
>>>>> andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Good idea!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately I haven't been able to emacs -Q in Mac due to my poor
>>>>>> setup. I can't even pass the option!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could someone suggest a better way to do this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ which emacs
>>>>>> /usr/bin/emacs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ cat `which emacs`
>>>>>> #!/bin/sh
>>>>>> open -a /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs "$@"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My goal is to be able to launch "emacs <dir/file>" from Terminal.app,
>>>>>> such that Emacs doesn't steal control over the terminal while it runs.
>>>>>> Ordinarly, one would use "emacs <dir/file> &", but I like to close the
>>>>>> terminal, and I don't want Emacs to die with it. So I use "open -a..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem with this arrangement is that this doesn't allow command
>>>>>> line options to be sent to Emacs. "open" provides --args, but I haven't
>>>>>> been able to use it properly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrew Pennebaker wrote:
>>>>>>> > Ruby uses the syntax "... #{expression}..." for string
>>>>>>> interpolation. But
>>>>>>> > when I press left curly brace, Emacs says "Symbol's value as
>>>>>>> variable is
>>>>>>> > void: last-command-char".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This works fine for me in emacs 24.2.1.  And with 23.4.1 too.  What
>>>>>>> version are you using?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > I C-h k {, and saw that { and } are bound to ruby-electric-brace.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Same here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > This function appears to be malfunctioning.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You didn't say so the obligatory response is, "Have you tried it
>>>>>>> with -Q?"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   emacs -Q
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Works for me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrew Pennebaker
>>>>>> www.yellosoft.us
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Andrew Pennebaker
>> www.yellosoft.us
>>
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>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew Pennebaker
> www.yellosoft.us
>

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