* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence @ 2013-09-13 17:40 Glenn Morris 2013-09-13 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-13 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 15372 Package: emacs Version: 24.3 I don't use eshell, so maybe this is how it is supposed to work, but from the point of view of normal shells, this seems wrong: foo=FOOBAR emacs -Q -f eshell eshell> for foo in 5 { echo $foo } -> FOOBAR Cf: bash> export foo=FOOBAR bash> for foo in 5; do echo $foo; done -> 5 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence 2013-09-13 17:40 bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-13 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier 2013-09-13 19:11 ` Glenn Morris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2013-09-13 19:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 15372 > I don't use eshell, so maybe this is how it is supposed to work, but > from the point of view of normal shells, this seems wrong: > foo=FOOBAR emacs -Q -f eshell > eshell> for foo in 5 { echo $foo } > -> FOOBAR Sorry, I saw this email too late. Yes, indeed, this should be a bug. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence 2013-09-13 19:05 ` Stefan Monnier @ 2013-09-13 19:11 ` Glenn Morris 2013-09-14 23:43 ` Glenn Morris [not found] ` <mailman.2150.1379202245.10748.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-13 19:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: 15372 Stefan Monnier wrote: > Sorry, I saw this email too late. Yes, indeed, this should be a bug. It's like that since at least 22.1; ie this is not related to your changes. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence 2013-09-13 19:11 ` Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-14 23:43 ` Glenn Morris [not found] ` <mailman.2150.1379202245.10748.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-14 23:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 15372 If you set eshell-prefer-lisp-variables non-nil, it works. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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* Re: bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence [not found] ` <mailman.2150.1379202245.10748.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2013-09-20 18:38 ` Aidan Gauland 2013-09-20 18:53 ` Glenn Morris [not found] ` <mailman.2593.1379703245.10748.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Aidan Gauland @ 2013-09-20 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: bug-gnu-emacs Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes: > If you set eshell-prefer-lisp-variables non-nil, it works. I will add a mention of this in the manual, since users should not have to hunt that variable down as you did. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence 2013-09-20 18:38 ` Aidan Gauland @ 2013-09-20 18:53 ` Glenn Morris [not found] ` <mailman.2593.1379703245.10748.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-20 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Aidan Gauland; +Cc: 15372 Please don't post to bug-gnu-emacs via the newsgroup (it bypasses the bug tracker). Aidan Gauland wrote: > Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes: > >> If you set eshell-prefer-lisp-variables non-nil, it works. > > I will add a mention of this in the manual, since users should not have > to hunt that variable down as you did. Actually I believe I fixed the issue. But that variable can be mentioned anyway, just not in this context. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence [not found] ` <mailman.2593.1379703245.10748.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2013-09-21 0:41 ` Aidan Gauland 2013-09-21 0:47 ` Glenn Morris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Aidan Gauland @ 2013-09-21 0:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 15372 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes: > Aidan Gauland wrote: > >> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes: >> >>> If you set eshell-prefer-lisp-variables non-nil, it works. >> >> I will add a mention of this in the manual, since users should not have >> to hunt that variable down as you did. > > Actually I believe I fixed the issue. But that variable can be mentioned > anyway, just not in this context. So, to clarify, what behaviour did you change/fix? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* bug#15372: eshell gives environment variables high precedence 2013-09-21 0:41 ` Aidan Gauland @ 2013-09-21 0:47 ` Glenn Morris 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-09-21 0:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Aidan Gauland; +Cc: 15372 Aidan Gauland wrote: > So, to clarify, what behaviour did you change/fix? foo=FOOBAR emacs -Q -f eshell eshell> echo $foo # -> FOOBAR for foo in 5 { echo $foo } # -> 5 [was FOOBAR, a bug] echo $foo # -> FOOBAR ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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