From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35325: Enable dired wildcards from the command line Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8736meuf1e.8.fsf@jidanni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="186439"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) To: 35325-done@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 20 19:29:55 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtoH-000mNi-R7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 19:29:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43649 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtoG-0000xZ-QD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:29:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41729) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHto7-0000v8-CL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:29:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtnU-00020V-9S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33162) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtnT-000208-8U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtnT-0001dP-4D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:29:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8736meuf1e.8.fsf@jidanni.org> Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 35325 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Mail-Followup-To: 35325@debbugs.gnu.org, rgm@gnu.org, jidanni@jidanni.org Original-Received: via spool by 35325-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D35325.15557813086227 (code D ref 35325); Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:29:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35325-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Apr 2019 17:28:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46704 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtmt-0001cL-T3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55399) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtmr-0001bu-11 for 35325-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35154) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtml-0001iA-T1 for 35325-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hHtmh-00071d-T9; Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:16 -0400 X-Spook: Semtex Watch Al Qa'ida pink noise keyhole Reyosa Swine SHA X-Ran: 5^nKPf~L9XcO/&c(HEjDbDH&.lpP54m5{^TD1|u46N+5Po[hC%)+_8S~OR\7m8r=I/ List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:157908 Archived-At: > (dired "/tmp/p*") works great. > So why can't one do > $ emacs /tmp/\*p > to get the same effect? (Directory slice.) This would make it impossible to visit a (possibly new) file literally named "/tmp/*p". emacs --eval '(dired "bin/p*")' works, and can eg be defined as a shell function if used often.