From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6857: shell-command should say where it is talking about Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:00:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87y6c9jdr2.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309616302 10156 80.91.229.12 (2 Jul 2011 14:18:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 14:18:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6857@debbugs.gnu.org To: jidanni@jidanni.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 02 16:18:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qd11W-0005Py-3L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:18:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qd11V-0000vc-0e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Sat, 02 Jul 2011 14:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6857) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2011 14:06:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qd0qL-0007rA-Vf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qd0qJ-0007qt-QW for 6857@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=quimbies.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Qd0q8-0005tt-OW; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:06:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87y6c9jdr2.fsf@jidanni.org> (jidanni@jidanni.org's message of "Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:38:41 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEXCipbe8NLa4cri9Nfm 99qra3/Ru7SuXXrCyuUSAAACa0lEQVQ4jVXTQY+iQBAF4GKRcAUZPA8Kw1WE9axAPAsb4LoOGq6E BObv76vqdtY5kU7683VXP8k2NnMQTS6+o+fXiX3j9eLS6A6V2wXO6MZV0u2OYxpV6y7YEIDrT4lt HGbPn9LBPDRYuxYFAzYCeHFV2OFlzCKsb86VNti4AKxnz6nLwcybNwfAIAa3jSTY98tYRoC9c/UI Gxd3ELCkwwpgv6QPY021awvAQe9HBe7HqxtToMHuCU5L+TAPMz2Ba/dHPlKJpGsa1/S+JAPuEDAw JQEgnwNSR5o0qAVkfpWQJHwBMGxCSTgDEoCngRfVhQJ1wSMxDl87p/UGMxEQAYT7lj5Uwk2GDpBf S38qrJ4YqLsA7Blglqe2IE5INCgZZPuptO45VYdOEoxnAg+/zTCSaEosgDedwODR5yNtO5kSwI4T /ggoY4Mk4cgJqd3njYBVPnr0hY3JT3AFOBOe8XYYXS6OzFAAXo3w7mnMQIojAMPfYCS2ycWp9dAn Gbr7aOl9TNEDBpk8K0AM0JNqmgYnSWg+/7Ypj6Q6Wy+gjNoPq7/QLy5OK9VUPQB4x5oCJFgvPQDY AWAkM26mAPdgJa9UDCYNuFmv7yDPqkBJeCWVECrQfe7bbDBlJKo4qST4007WPknTUBwkZShOh2fF D5wb2uqmofycwD1gwBX1+NKS8AJCqag0jTf+Rg/wrAAlfRcHGwsGZWwWVnihT900Bqo4+OLPSFvp MhIGU/fALAG4oq9NezzBHf9atwkv303TCRjJHAAMPYCjwQnr1ZnqdafAWRVHA5+20VQM9/9Ne1Og 4YoeX5uGAzOo/gHSowqYV1z4nAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: Boris's _Variations_: "A Bao A Qu" X-Hashcash: 1:23:110702:jidanni@jidanni.org::tyoD29qO11xwnsKJ:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000Imxn X-Hashcash: 1:23:110702:6857@debbugs.gnu.org::UZ75zoww+ohaD8Ue:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000LAnA X-MailScanner-ID: 1Qd0q8-0005tt-OW MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1310220392.84331@fwtBWoZRO9M1d+To8U2Y+Q X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:07:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47751 Archived-At: jidanni@jidanni.org writes: > M-! (translated from !) 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". In what cases do you get an error message saying (Shell command failed with code 99 and some error output) ? I get error messages like: /bin/bash: lala: command not found -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/