From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#1212: 23.0.60; split-string-and-unquote problems Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:39:28 +0900 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224736789 24917 80.91.229.12 (23 Oct 2008 04:39:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 23 06:40:49 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Kss09-00009r-BS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:40:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54525 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ksrz3-0000FB-PN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:39:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ksryy-0000Ew-VI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ksryx-0000Ek-Fc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:39:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43816 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ksryx-0000Eh-Ca for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:39:35 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:55380) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ksryv-0006vi-2S; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:39:33 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m9N4dTJb008402; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:39:29 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:39:29 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:39:29 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 372BA4D; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:39:29 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:29:07 +0200") Original-Lines: 20 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:104891 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Because when you run a command with start-process or call-process, you >> need to specify a list of strings (each being an argument), but the user >> usually wants to enter the list within a single minibuffer. So from the >> string returned by the read-string (or equivalent) function, we need to >> get a list of strings. > > If I am prompted for a command in the minibuffer, as in "M-x compile", > I will type a command that uses shell quoting (assuming I need > quoting). That is the natural thing to do, so I expect most users to > do the same. I don't expect many of them to use Lisp string quoting > for commands. Yup, I agree... it seems likely to cause confusion... -Miles -- Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.