From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25665: 26.0.50; [PATCH] Indicate prefix arg in minibuffer prompt for shell-command Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 01:04:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <8760kjz4nv.fsf@calancha-pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="167429"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 25665@debbugs.gnu.org, Chunyang Xu To: Tino Calancha Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 25 01:06:27 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 (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY2c-000hKW-42 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 01:06:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55330 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY2a-0002WD-TO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:06:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43006) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY1O-0002SG-LR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:05:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY1I-00042s-VT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:05:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44765) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY1G-0003z4-PF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY1G-0003ce-JY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:05:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:05:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25665 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 25665-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25665.156141749313893 (code B ref 25665); Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:05:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25665) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jun 2019 23:04:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58306 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY17-0003c1-Jj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:04:53 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:38064) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY16-0003bt-8U for 25665@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:04:52 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=stories) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hfY12-0000Q2-SW; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 01:04:51 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8760kjz4nv.fsf@calancha-pc> (Tino Calancha's message of "Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:53:56 +0900") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:161302 Archived-At: Tino Calancha writes: >> When using 'C-u M-!' ('shell-command') I feel confident if the >> minibuffer prompt becomes >> >> Shell command and insert output: >> >> since it explains the purpose of the prefix argument. The same thing >> goes for 'M-&' ('async-shell-command') and 'M-|' >> ('shell-command-on-region'). > I am not sure about this. > The meaning of the prefix argument must be explained in the docstring. > That and the manual are the source of documentation, not the prompt. There didn't seem to be much enthusiasm for the proposed change, so I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no