From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
To: 23936@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23936: 25.1.50; shell-command shell-command-on-region doc fix
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 01:41:20 +0900 (JST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1607110140200.32384@calancha-pc> (raw)
Doc strings don't specify correctly when the buffer
is erased, in what buffer position the output is
inserted or when the mark is set.
emacs -Q
;; Evaluate following two forms
(progn
(switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*out*"))
(insert (format "1 2\n\n\n\nfoo\n")) ; point is at 12
(shell-command-on-region 1 4 "printf 'bar\n'" t)) ; point is at 5
(progn
(switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*out*"))
(shell-command "date" t)) ; buffer is not erased
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From 90915fdad69939886a3a1dcc377453b2e98b2089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 01:33:22 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] * lisp/simple.el (shell-command,
shell-command-on-region):
Fix doc strings
---
lisp/simple.el | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index ba026af..cb8c0ce 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -3235,11 +3235,11 @@ shell-command
The optional second argument OUTPUT-BUFFER, if non-nil,
says to put the output in some other buffer.
-If OUTPUT-BUFFER is a buffer or buffer name, put the output there.
-If OUTPUT-BUFFER is not a buffer and not nil,
-insert output in current buffer. (This cannot be done asynchronously.)
-In either case, the buffer is first erased, and the output is
-inserted after point (leaving mark after it).
+If OUTPUT-BUFFER is a buffer or buffer name, erase that buffer
+and insert the output there after point.
+If OUTPUT-BUFFER is not a buffer and not nil, insert the output
+in current buffer after point leaving mark after it.
+(This cannot be done asynchronously).
If the command terminates without error, but generates output,
and you did not specify \"insert it in the current buffer\",
@@ -3504,10 +3504,10 @@ shell-command-on-region
Optional fourth arg OUTPUT-BUFFER specifies where to put the
command's output. If the value is a buffer or buffer name,
-put the output there. If the value is nil, use the buffer
-`*Shell Command Output*'. Any other value, excluding nil,
-means to insert the output in the current buffer. In either case,
-the output is inserted after point (leaving mark after it).
+erase that buffer and insert the output there.
+If the value is nil, use the buffer `*Shell Command Output*'.
+Any other value, excluding nil, means to insert the output
+in the current buffer after START.
Optional fifth arg REPLACE, if non-nil, means to insert the
output in place of text from START to END, putting point and mark
--
2.8.1
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In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.5 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.20.6)
of 2016-07-10 built on calancha-pc
Repository revision: 04a7977f700fc46cf29d5a41bc7dcffef71044c6
next reply other threads:[~2016-07-10 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-10 16:41 Tino Calancha [this message]
2016-07-10 17:22 ` bug#23936: 25.1.50; shell-command shell-command-on-region doc fix Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-07-10 17:51 ` Tino Calancha
2016-07-10 17:55 ` bug#23936: (no subject) Tino Calancha
2016-07-10 17:59 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-10 18:09 ` Tino Calancha
[not found] ` <handler.23936.D23936.14681733126268.ackdone@debbugs.gnu.org>
2016-07-21 8:48 ` bug#23936: 25.1.50; shell-command shell-command-on-region doc fix Tino Calancha
2016-07-21 8:52 ` Tino Calancha
2016-07-22 5:54 ` Tino Calancha
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