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4 @settitle Eshell: The Emacs Shell
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9 This manual is for Eshell, the Emacs shell.
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11 Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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14 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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15 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
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16 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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17 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
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20 License'' in the Emacs manual.
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23 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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24 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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26 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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29 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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30 @end quotation
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31 @end copying
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33 @dircategory Emacs
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34 @direntry
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35 * Eshell: (eshell). A command shell implemented in Emacs Lisp.
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43 @center @titlefont{User's Guide}
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49 @sp 2
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50 @center release 2.4
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62 @contents
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64 @c ================================================================
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65 @c The real text starts here
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66 @c ================================================================
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69 @node Top, What is Eshell?, (dir), (dir)
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70 @top Eshell
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72 This manual documents Eshell, a shell-like command interpretor
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73 implemented in Emacs Lisp. It invokes no external processes except for
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74 those requested by the user. It is intended to be a functional
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75 replacement for command shells such as @command{bash}, @command{zsh},
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76 @command{rc}, or @command{4dos}; since Emacs itself is capable of
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78 @c This manual is updated to release 2.4 of Eshell.
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81 @menu
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82 * What is Eshell?:: A brief introduction to the Emacs Shell.
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83 * Command basics:: The basics of command usage.
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84 * Commands::
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85 * Arguments::
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86 * Input/Output::
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87 * Process control::
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88 * Extension modules::
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89 * Extras and Goodies::
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90 * Bugs and ideas:: Known problems, and future ideas.
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91 * Concept Index::
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92 * Function and Variable Index::
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93 * Key Index::
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96 @node What is Eshell?
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97 @chapter What is Eshell?
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98 @cindex what is Eshell?
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99 @cindex Eshell, what it is
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101 Eshell is a @dfn{command shell} written in Emacs Lisp. Everything it
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102 does, it uses Emacs' facilities to do. This means that Eshell is as
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103 portable as Emacs itself. It also means that cooperation with Lisp code
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104 is natural and seamless.
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106 What is a command shell? To properly understand the role of a shell,
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107 it's necessary to visualize what a computer does for you. Basically, a
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108 computer is a tool; in order to use that tool, you must tell it what to
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109 do---or give it ``commands.'' These commands take many forms, such as
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110 clicking with a mouse on certain parts of the screen. But that is only
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111 one form of command input.
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113 By far the most versatile way to express what you want the computer to
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114 do is by using an abbreviated language called @dfn{script}. In
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115 script, instead of telling the computer, ``list my files, please'',
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116 one writes a standard abbreviated command word---@samp{ls}. Typing
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117 @samp{ls} in a command shell is a script way of telling the computer
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118 to list your files.@footnote{This is comparable to viewing the
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119 contents of a folder using a graphical display.}
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121 The real flexibility of this approach is apparent only when you realize
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122 that there are many, many different ways to list files. Perhaps you
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123 want them sorted by name, sorted by date, in reverse order, or grouped
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124 by type. Most graphical browsers have simple ways to express this. But
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125 what about showing only a few files, or only files that meet a certain
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126 criteria? In very complex and specific situations, the request becomes
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127 too difficult to express using a mouse or pointing device. It is just
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128 these kinds of requests that are easily solved using a command shell.
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130 For example, what if you want to list every Word file on your hard
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131 drive, larger than 100 kilobytes in size, and which hasn't been looked
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132 at in over six months? That is a good candidate list for deletion, when
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133 you go to clean up your hard drive. But have you ever tried asking your
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134 computer for such a list? There is no way to do it! At least, not
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135 without using a command shell.
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136
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137 The role of a command shell is to give you more control over what your
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138 computer does for you. Not everyone needs this amount of control, and
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139 it does come at a cost: Learning the necessary script commands to
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140 express what you want done. A complicated query, such as the example
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141 above, takes time to learn. But if you find yourself using your
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142 computer frequently enough, it is more than worthwhile in the long run.
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143 Any tool you use often deserves the time spent learning to master it.
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144 @footnote{For the understandably curious, here is what that command
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145 looks like: But don't let it fool you; once you know what's going on,
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146 it's easier than it looks: @code{ls -lt **/*.doc(Lk+50aM+5)}.}
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148 @menu
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157 Contributions to Eshell are welcome. I have limited time to work on
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158 this project, but I will gladly add any code you contribute to me to
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159 this package.
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163 @itemize @bullet
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164 @item
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165 Eli Zaretskii made it possible for Eshell to run without requiring
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166 asynchronous subprocess support. This is important for MS-DOS, which
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170 Miles Bader contributed many fixes during the port to Emacs 21.@refill
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173 Stefan Monnier fixed the things which bothered him, which of course made
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174 things better for all.@refill
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177 Gerd Moellmann also helped to contribute bug fixes during the initial
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180 @item
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181 Alex Schroeder contributed code for interactively querying the user
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185 Sudish Joseph helped with some XEmacs compatibility issues.@refill
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186 @end itemize
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188 Apart from these, a lot of people have sent suggestions, ideas,
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189 requests, bug reports and encouragement. Thanks a lot! Without you
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190 there would be no new releases of Eshell.
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192 @node Command basics
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193 @chapter Basic overview
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195 A command shell is a means of entering verbally-formed commands. This
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197 is a means to that end. Therefore, it's important to take firm hold on
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198 exactly what a command is, and how it fits in the overall picture of
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199 things.
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201 @menu
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202 * Commands verbs:: Commands always begin with a verb.
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203 * Command arguments:: Some verbs require arguments.
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204 @end menu
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206 @node Commands verbs
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207 @section Commands verbs
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209 Commands are expressed using @dfn{script}, a special shorthand language
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210 computers can understand with no trouble. Script is an extremely simple
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211 language; oddly enough, this is what makes it look so complicated!
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212 Whereas normal languages use a variety of embellishments, the form of a
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213 script command is always:
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215 @example
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216 @var{verb} [@var{arguments}]
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217 @end example
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219 The verb expresses what you want your computer to do. There are a fixed
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220 number of verbs, although this number is usually quite large. On the
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221 author's computer, it reaches almost 1400 in number. But of course,
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222 only a handful of these are really necessary.
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224 Sometimes, the verb is all that's written. A verb is always a single
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225 word, usually related to the task it performs. @command{reboot} is a
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226 good example. Entering that on GNU/Linux will reboot the
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227 computer---assuming you have sufficient privileges.
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229 Other verbs require more information. These are usually very capable
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230 verbs, and must be told specifically what to do. The extra information
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231 is given in the form of @dfn{arguments}. For example, the
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232 @command{echo} verb prints back whatever arguments you type. It
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233 requires these arguments to know what to echo. A proper use of
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234 @command{echo} looks like this:
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236 @example
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237 echo This is an example of using echo!
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238 @end example
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240 This script command causes the computer to echo back: ``This is an
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241 example of using echo!''
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243 Although command verbs are always simple words, like @command{reboot} or
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244 @command{echo}, arguments may have a wide variety of forms. There are
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245 textual arguments, numerical arguments---even Lisp arguments.
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246 Distinguishing these different types of arguments requires special
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247 typing, for the computer to know exactly what you mean.
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249 @node Command arguments
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250 @section Command arguments
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252 Eshell recognizes several different kinds of command arguments:
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254 @enumerate
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255 @item Strings (also called textual arguments)
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256 @item Numbers (floating point or integer)
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257 @item Lisp lists
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258 @item Lisp symbols
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259 @item Emacs buffers
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260 @item Emacs process handles
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261 @end enumerate
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264 occur very frequently, but almost always behind the scenes.
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266 Strings are the most common type of argument, and consist of nearly any
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273 @example
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274 echo A\ Multi-word\ Argument\ With\ A\ \$\ dollar
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275 @end example
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277 Beyond this, things get a bit more complicated. While not beyond the
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278 reach of someone wishing to learn, it is definitely beyond the scope of
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279 this manual to present it all in a simplistic manner. Get comfortable
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280 with Eshell as a basic command invocation tool, and learn more about the
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281 commands on your system; then come back when it all sits more familiarly
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282 on your mind. Have fun!
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284 @node Commands
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285 @chapter Commands
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287 @menu
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289 * Completion::
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292 * Scripts::
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293 * Built-ins::
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297 everything that entails. So understanding how Eshell invokes commands
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298 is the key to comprehending how it all works.
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300 @node Invocation
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301 @section Invocation
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304 directly, such as @code{exec(3)}. Instead, it uses the Lisp functions
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305 available in the Emacs Lisp library. It does this by transforming the
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306 command you specify into a callable Lisp form.@footnote{To see the Lisp
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307 form that will be invoked, type: @samp{eshell-parse-command "echo
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308 hello"}}
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309
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310 This transformation, from the string of text typed at the command
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311 prompt, to the ultimate invocation of either a Lisp function or external
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312 command, follows these steps:
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313
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314 @enumerate
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315 @item Parse the command string into separate arguments.
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316 @item
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317 @end enumerate
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318
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319 @node Completion
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320 @section Completion
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321
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322 @node Aliases
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323 @section Aliases
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324
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325 @node History
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326 @section History
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327
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328 Eshell knows a few built-in variables:
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329
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330 @table @code
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331
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332 @item $+
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333 @vindex $+
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334 This variable always contains the current working directory.
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335
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336 @item $-
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337 @vindex $-
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338 This variable always contains the previous working directory (the
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339 current working directory from before the last @code{cd} command).
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340
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341 @end table
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342
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343 @node Scripts
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344 @section Scripts
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345
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346
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347 @node Built-ins
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348 @section Built-in commands
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349
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350 Here is a list of built-in commands that Eshell knows about:
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351
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352 @table @code
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353
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354 @item cd
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355 @findex cd
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356 This command changes the current working directory. Usually, it is
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357 invoked as @samp{cd foo} where @file{foo} is the new working
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358 directory. But @code{cd} knows about a few special arguments:
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359
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360 When it receives no argument at all, it changes to the home directory.
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361
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362 Giving the command @samp{cd -} changes back to the previous working
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363 directory (this is the same as @samp{cd $-}).
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364
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365 The command @samp{cd =} shows the directory stack. Each line is
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366 numbered.
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367
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368 With @samp{cd =foo}, Eshell searches the directory stack for a
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369 directory matching the regular expression @samp{foo} and changes to
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370 that directory.
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371
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372 With @samp{cd -42}, you can access the directory stack by number.
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373
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374 @end table
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375
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376
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377 @node Arguments
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378 @chapter Arguments
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379
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380 @menu
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381 * The Parser::
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382 * Variables::
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383 * Substitution::
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384 * Globbing::
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385 * Predicates::
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386 @end menu
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387
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388 @node The Parser
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389 @section The Parser
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390
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391 @node Variables
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392 @section Variables
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393
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394 @node Substitution
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395 @section Substitution
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396
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397 @node Globbing
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398 @section Globbing
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399
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400 @node Predicates
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401 @section Predicates
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402
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403
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404 @node Input/Output
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405 @chapter Input/Output
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406
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407 @node Process control
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408 @chapter Process control
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409
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410
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411 @node Extension modules
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412 @chapter Extension modules
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413
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414 @menu
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415 * Writing a module::
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416 * Module testing::
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417 * Directory handling::
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418 * Key rebinding::
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419 * Smart scrolling::
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420 * Terminal emulation::
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421 * Built-in UNIX commands::
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422 @end menu
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423
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424 @node Writing a module
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425 @section Writing a module
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426
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427 @node Module testing
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428 @section Module testing
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429
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430 @node Directory handling
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431 @section Directory handling
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432
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433 @node Key rebinding
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434 @section Key rebinding
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435
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436 @node Smart scrolling
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437 @section Smart scrolling
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438
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439 @node Terminal emulation
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440 @section Terminal emulation
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441
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442 @node Built-in UNIX commands
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443 @section Built-in UNIX commands
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444
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445
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446 @node Extras and Goodies
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447 @chapter Extras and Goodies
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448
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449 @node Bugs and ideas
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450 @chapter Bugs and ideas
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451 @cindex reporting bugs and ideas
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452 @cindex bugs, how to report them
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453 @cindex author, how to reach
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454 @cindex email to the author
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455 @cindex FAQ
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456 @cindex problems, list of common
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457
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458 If you find a bug or misfeature, don't hesitate to let me know! Send
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459 email to @email{johnw@@gnu.org}. Feature requests should also be sent
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460 there. I prefer discussing one thing at a time. If you find several
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461 unrelated bugs, please report them separately.
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462
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463 If you have ideas for improvements, or if you have written some
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464 extensions to this package, I would like to hear from you. I hope you
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465 find this package useful!
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466
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467 @menu
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468 * Known problems::
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469 @end menu
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470
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471 @node Known problems
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472 @section Known problems
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473 @cindex known bugs
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474 @cindex bugs, known
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475
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476 Below is complete list of known problems with Eshell version 2.4.1,
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477 which is the version included with Emacs 21.1.
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478
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479 @table @asis
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480 @item Documentation incomplete
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481
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482 @item Differentiate between aliases and functions
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483
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484 Allow for a bash-compatible syntax, such as:
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485
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486 @example
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487 alias arg=blah
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488 function arg () @{ blah $* @}
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489 @end example
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490
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491 @item @samp{for i in 1 2 3 @{ grep -q a b && *echo has it @} | wc -l} outputs result after prompt
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492
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493 In fact, piping to a process from a looping construct doesn't work in
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494 general. If I change the call to @code{eshell-copy-handles} in
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495 @code{eshell-rewrite-for-command} to use @code{eshell-protect}, it seems
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496 to work, but the output occurs after the prompt is displayed. The whole
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497 structured command thing is too complicated at present.
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498
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499 @item Error with @command{bc} in @code{eshell-test}
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500
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501 On some XEmacs system, the subprocess interaction test fails
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502 inexplicably, although @command{bc} works fine at the command prompt.
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503
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504 @item Eshell does not delete @file{*Help*} buffers in XEmacs 21.1.8+
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505
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506 In XEmacs 21.1.8, the @file{*Help*} buffer has been renamed such that
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507 multiple instances of the @file{*Help*} buffer can exist.
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508
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509 @item Pcomplete sometimes gets stuck
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510
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511 You press @key{TAB}, but no completions appear, even though the
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512 directory has matching files. This behavior is rare.
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513
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514 @item @samp{grep python $<rpm -qa>} doesn't work, but using @samp{*grep} does
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515
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516 This happens because the @code{grep} Lisp function returns immediately,
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517 and then the asynchronous @command{grep} process expects to examine the
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518 temporary file, which has since been deleted.
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519
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520 @item Problem with C-r repeating text
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521
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522 If the text @emph{before point} reads "./run", and you type @kbd{C-r r u
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523 n}, it will repeat the line for every character typed.
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524
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525 @item Backspace doesn't scroll back after continuing (in smart mode)
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526
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527 Hitting space during a process invocation, such as @command{make}, will
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528 cause it to track the bottom of the output; but backspace no longer
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529 scrolls back.
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530
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531 @item It's not possible to fully @code{unload-feature} Eshell
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532
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533 @item Menu support was removed, but never put back
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534
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535 @item Using C-p and C-n with rebind gets into a locked state
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536
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537 This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been unreproducible
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538 since.
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539
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540 @item If an interactive process is currently running, @kbd{M-!} doesn't work
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541
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542 @item Use a timer instead of @code{sleep-for} when killing child processes
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543
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544 @item Piping to a Lisp function is not supported
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545
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546 Make it so that the Lisp command on the right of the pipe is repeatedly
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547 called with the input strings as arguments. This will require changing
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548 @code{eshell-do-pipeline} to handle non-process targets.
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549
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550 @item Input redirection is not supported
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551
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552 See the above entry.
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553
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554 @item Problem running @command{less} without arguments on Windows
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555
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556 The result in the Eshell buffer is:
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557
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558 @example
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559 Spawning child process: invalid argument
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560 @end example
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561
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562 Also a new @command{less} buffer was created with nothing in it@dots{}
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563 (presumably this holds the output of @command{less}).
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564
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565 If @command{less.exe} is invoked from the Eshell command line, the
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566 expected output is written to the buffer.
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567
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568 Note that this happens on NT-Emacs 20.6.1 on Windows 2000. The term.el
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569 package and the supplied shell both use the @command{cmdproxy} program
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570 for running shells.
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571
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572 @item Implement @samp{-r}, @samp{-n} and @samp{-s} switches for @command{cp}
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573
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574 @item Make @kbd{M-5 M-x eshell} switch to ``*eshell<5>*'', creating if need be
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575
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576 @item @samp{mv @var{dir} @var{file}.tar} does not remove directories
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577
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578 This is because the tar option --remove-files doesn't do so. Should it
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579 be Eshell's job?
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580
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581 @item Bind @code{standard-output} and @code{standard-error}
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582
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583 This would be so that if a Lisp function calls @code{print}, everything
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584 will happen as it should (albeit slowly).
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585
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586 @item When an extension module fails to load, @samp{cd /} gives a Lisp error
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587
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588 @item If a globbing pattern returns one match, should it be a list?
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589
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590 @item Make sure syntax table is correct in Eshell mode
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591
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592 So that @kbd{M-DEL} acts in a predictable manner, etc.
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593
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594 @item Allow all Eshell buffers to share the same history and list-dir
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595
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596 @item There is a problem with script commands that output to @file{/dev/null}
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597
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598 If a script file, somewhere in the middle, uses @samp{> /dev/null},
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599 output from all subsequent commands is swallowed.
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600
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601 @item Split up parsing of text after @samp{$} in @file{esh-var.el}
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602
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603 Make it similar to the way that @file{esh-arg.el} is structured.
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604 Then add parsing of @samp{$[?\n]}.
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605
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606 @item After pressing @kbd{M-RET}, redisplay before running the next command
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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607
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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608 @item Argument predicates and modifiers should work anywhere in a path
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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609
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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610 @example
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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611 /usr/local/src/editors/vim $ vi **/CVS(/)/Root(.)
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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612 Invalid regexp: "Unmatched ( or \\("
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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613 @end example
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
614
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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615 With @command{zsh}, the glob above expands to all files named
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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616 @file{Root} in directories named @file{CVS}.
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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617
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 33020
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618 @item Typing @samp{echo $@{locate locate@}/bin<TAB>} results in a Lisp error
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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619
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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620 Perhaps it should interpolate all permutations, and make that the
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
621 globbing result, since otherwise hitting return here will result in
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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622 ``(list of filenames)/bin'', which is never valuable. Thus, one could
33022
4c98dfd09341 Corrected some typos
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 33020
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623 @command{cat} only C backup files by using @samp{ls $@{identity *.c@}~}.
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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624 In that case, having an alias command name @command{glob} for
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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625 @command{identity} would be useful.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
626
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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627 @item Once symbolic mode is supported for @command{umask}, implement @command{chmod} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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628
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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629 @item Create @code{eshell-expand-file-name}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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630
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
631 This would use a data table to transform things such as @samp{~+},
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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632 @samp{...}, etc.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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633
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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634 @item Abstract @file{em-smart.el} into @file{smart-scroll.el}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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635
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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636 It only really needs: to be hooked onto the output filter and the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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637 pre-command hook, and to have the input-end and input-start markers.
36508
753bb928f910 Minor fixes.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 35667
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638 And to know whether the last output group was ``successful.''
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
639
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
640 @item Allow for fully persisting the state of Eshell
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
641
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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642 This would include: variables, history, buffer, input, dir stack, etc.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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643
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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644 @item Implement D as an argument predicate
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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645
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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646 It means that files beginning with a dot should be included in the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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647 glob match.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
648
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
649 @item A comma in a predicate list should mean OR
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
650
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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651 At the moment, this is not supported.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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652
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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653 @item Error if a glob doesn't expand due to a predicate
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
654
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
655 An error should be generated only if @code{eshell-error-if-no-glob} is
56279
b1ae5333057a * ses.texi, viper.texi, search.texi, flymake.texi, faq.texi:
Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
parents: 54836
diff changeset
656 non-@code{nil}.
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
657
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
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658 @item @samp{(+ RET SPC TAB} does not cause @code{indent-according-to-mode} to occur
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
659
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
660 @item Create @code{eshell-auto-accumulate-list}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
661
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
662 This is a list of commands for which, if the user presses @kbd{RET}, the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
663 text is staged as the next Eshell command, rather than being sent to the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
664 current interactive process.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
665
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
666 @item Display file and line number if an error occurs in a script
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
667
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
668 @item @command{wait} doesn't work with process ids at the moment
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
669
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
670 @item Enable the direct-to-process input code in @file{em-term.el}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
671
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
672 @item Problem with repeating @samp{echo $@{find /tmp@}}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
673
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
674 With smart display active, if @kbd{RET} is held down, after a while it
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
675 can't keep up anymore and starts outputting blank lines. It only
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
676 happens if an asynchronous process is involved@dots{}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
677
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
678 I think the problem is that @code{eshell-send-input} is resetting the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
679 input target location, so that if the asynchronous process is not done
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
680 by the time the next @kbd{RET} is received, the input processor thinks
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
681 that the input is meant for the process; which, when smart display is
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
682 enabled, will be the text of the last command line! That is a bug in
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
683 itself.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
684
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
685 In holding down @kbd{RET} while an asynchronous process is running,
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
686 there will be a point in between termination of the process, and the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
687 running of @code{eshell-post-command-hook}, which would cause
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
688 @code{eshell-send-input} to call @code{eshell-copy-old-input}, and then
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
689 process that text as a command to be run after the process. Perhaps
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
690 there should be a way of killing pending input between the death of the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
691 process, and the @code{post-command-hook}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
692
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
693 @item Allow for a more aggressive smart display mode
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
694
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
695 Perhaps toggled by a command, that makes each output block a smart
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
696 display block.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
697
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
698 @item Create more meta variables
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
699
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
700 @table @samp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
701 @item $!
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
702 The reason for the failure of the last disk command, or the text of the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
703 last Lisp error.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
704
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
705 @item $=
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
706 A special associate array, which can take references of the form
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
707 @samp{$=[REGEXP]}. It indexes into the directory ring.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
708 @end table
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
709
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
710 @item Eshell scripts can't execute in the background
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
711
33030
867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
712 @item Support zsh's ``Parameter Expansion'' syntax, i.e. @samp{$@{@var{name}:-@var{val}@}}
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
713
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
714 @item Write an @command{info} alias that can take arguments
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
715
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
716 So that the user can enter @samp{info chmod}, for example.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
717
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
718 @item Create a mode @code{eshell-browse}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
719
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
720 It would treat the Eshell buffer as a outline. Collapsing the outline
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
721 hides all of the output text. Collapsing again would show only the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
722 first command run in each directory
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
723
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
724 @item Allow other revisions of a file to be referenced using @samp{file@{rev@}}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
725
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
726 This would be expanded by @code{eshell-expand-file-name} (see above).
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
727
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
728 @item Print ``You have new mail'' when the ``Mail'' icon is turned on
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
729
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
730 @item Implement @kbd{M-|} for Eshell
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
731
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
732 @item Implement input redirection
32450
99899af1ec94 Added the beginnings of proper Eshell documentation.
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents:
diff changeset
733
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
734 If it's a Lisp function, input redirection implies @command{xargs} (in a
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
735 way@dots{}). If input redirection is added, also update the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
736 @code{file-name-quote-list}, and the delimiter list.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
737
33030
867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
738 @item Allow @samp{#<@var{word} @var{arg}>} as a generic syntax
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
739
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
740 With the handling of @emph{word} specified by an
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
741 @code{eshell-special-alist}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
742
35588
31904bdf4350 See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 34304
diff changeset
743 @item In @code{eshell-veal-using-options}, allow a @code{:complete} tag
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
744
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
745 It would be used to provide completion rules for that command. Then the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
746 macro will automagically define the completion function.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
747
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
748 @item For @code{eshell-command-on-region}, apply redirections to the result
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
749
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
750 So that @samp{+ > 'blah} would cause the result of the @code{+} (using
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
751 input from the current region) to be inserting into the symbol
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
752 @code{blah}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
753
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
754 If an external command is being invoked, the input is sent as standard
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
755 input, as if a @samp{cat <region> |} had been invoked.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
756
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
757 If a Lisp command, or an alias, is invoked, then if the line has no
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
758 newline characters, it is divided by whitespace and passed as arguments
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
759 to the Lisp function. Otherwise, it is divided at the newline
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
760 characters. Thus, invoking @code{+} on a series of numbers will add
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
761 them; @code{min} would display the smallest figure, etc.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
762
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
763 @item Write @code{eshell-script-mode} as a minor mode
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
764
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
765 It would provide syntax, abbrev, highlighting and indenting support like
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
766 @code{emacs-lisp-mode} and @code{shell-mode}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
767
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
768 @item In the history mechanism, finish the @command{bash}-style support
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
769
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
770 This means @samp{!n}, @samp{!#}, @samp{!:%}, and @samp{!:1-} as separate
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
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diff changeset
771 from @samp{!:1*}.
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
772
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
773 @item Support the -n command line option for @command{history}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
774
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
775 @item Implement @command{fc} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
776
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
777 @item Specifying a frame as a redirection target should imply the currently active window's buffer
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
778
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diff changeset
779 @item Implement @samp{>@var{func-or-func-list}}
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
780
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
781 This would allow for an ``output translators'', that take a function to
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
782 modify output with, and a target. Devise a syntax that works well with
46918
82d113655734 Minor spelling and grammar corrections.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 45867
diff changeset
783 pipes, and can accommodate multiple functions (i.e., @samp{>'(upcase
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
784 regexp-quote)} or @samp{>'upcase}).
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
785
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
786 @item Allow Eshell to read/write to/from standard input and output
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
787
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
788 This would be optional, rather than always using the Eshell buffer.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
789 This would allow it to be run from the command line (perhaps).
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
790
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
791 @item Write a @command{help} command
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
792
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
793 It would call subcommands with @option{--help}, or @option{-h} or
867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
794 @option{/?}, as appropriate.
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
795
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
796 @item Implement @command{stty} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
797
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867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
798 @item Support @command{rc}'s matching operator, e.g. @samp{~ (@var{list}) @var{regexp}}
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
799
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
800 @item Implement @command{bg} and @command{fg} as editors of @code{eshell-process-list}
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
801
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
802 Using @command{bg} on a process that is already in the background does
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
803 nothing. Specifying redirection targets replaces (or adds) to the list
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
804 current being used.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
805
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
806 @item Have @command{jobs} print only the processes for the current shell
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
807
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
808 @item How can Eshell learn if a background process has requested input?
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
809
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
810 @item Support @samp{2>&1} and @samp{>&} and @samp{2>} and @samp{|&}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
811
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
812 The syntax table for parsing these should be customizable, such that the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
813 user could change it to use rc syntax: @samp{>[2=1]}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
814
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
815 @item Allow @samp{$_[-1]}, which would indicate the last element of the array
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
816
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
817 @item Make @samp{$x[*]} equal to listing out the full contents of @samp{x}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
818
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
819 Return them as a list, so that @samp{$_[*]} is all the arguments of the
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
820 last command.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
821
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
822 @item Copy ANSI code handling from @file{term.el} into @file{em-term.el}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
823
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
824 Make it possible for the user to send char-by-char to the underlying
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
825 process. Ultimately, I should be able to move away from using term.el
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
826 altogether, since everything but the ANSI code handling is already part
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867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
827 of Eshell. Then, things would work correctly on MS-Windows as well
867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
828 (which doesn't have @file{/bin/sh}, although @file{term.el} tries to use
867e27924dcd Some markup fixes. Don't call Windows a ``win''.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
829 it).
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
830
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
831 @item Make the shell spawning commands be visual
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
832
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
833 That is, make (@command{su}, @command{bash}, @command{telnet},
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
834 @command{rlogin}, @command{rsh}, etc.) be part of
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
835 @code{eshell-visual-commands}. The only exception is if the shell is
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
836 being used to invoke a single command. Then, the behavior should be
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
837 based on what that command is.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
838
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 33022
diff changeset
839 @item Create a smart viewing command named @command{open}
33020
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
840
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
841 This would search for some way to open its argument (similar to opening
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
842 a file in the Windows Explorer).
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
843
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
844 @item Alias @command{read} to be the same as @command{open}, only read-only
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
845
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John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
846 @item Write a @command{tail} command which uses @code{view-file}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
847
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
848 It would move point to the end of the buffer, and then turns on
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
849 auto-revert mode in that buffer at frequent intervals---and a
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
850 @command{head} alias which assums an upper limit of
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
851 @code{eshell-maximum-line-length} characters per line.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
852
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
853 @item Make @command{dgrep} load @code{dired}, mark everything, then invoke @code{dired-do-search}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
854
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31904bdf4350 See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 34304
diff changeset
855 @item Write mesh.c
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
856
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
857 This would run Emacs with the appropriate arguments to invoke Eshell
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
858 only. That way, it could be listed as a login shell.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
859
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
860 @item Use an intangible @code{PS2} string for multi-line input prompts
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
861
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
862 @item Auto-detect when a command is visual, by checking @code{TERMCAP} usage
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
863
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
864 @item The first keypress after @kbd{M-x watson} triggers `eshell-send-input'
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
865
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
866 @item Make @kbd{/} electric
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
867
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
868 So that it automatically expands and corrects pathnames. Or make
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
869 pathname completion for Pcomplete auto-expand @samp{/u/i/std<TAB>} to
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
870 @samp{/usr/include/std<TAB>}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
871
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
872 @item Write the @command{pushd} stack to disk along with @code{last-dir-ring}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
873
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
874 @item Add options to @code{eshell/cat} which would allow it to sort and uniq
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
875
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
876 @item Implement @command{wc} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
877
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
878 Add support for counting sentences, paragraphs, pages, etc.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
879
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
880 @item Once piping is added, implement @command{sort} and @command{uniq} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
881
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
882 @item Implement @command{touch} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
883
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
884 @item Implement @command{comm} in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
885
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
886 @item Implement an @command{epatch} command in Lisp
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
887
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
888 This would call @code{ediff-patch-file}, or @code{ediff-patch-buffer},
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
889 depending on its argument.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
890
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
891 @item Have an option such that @samp{ls -l} generates a dired buffer
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
892
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
893 @item Write a version of @command{xargs} based on command rewriting
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
894
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
895 That is, @samp{find X | xargs Y} would be indicated using @samp{Y
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
896 $@{find X@}}. Maybe @code{eshell-do-pipelines} could be changed to
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
897 perform this on-thy-fly rewriting.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
898
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
899 @item Write an alias for @command{less} that brings up a @code{view-mode} buffer
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
900
33030
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parents: 33022
diff changeset
901 Such that the user can press @key{SPC} and @key{DEL}, and then @key{q}
49600
23a1cea22d13 Trailing whitespace deleted.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 48786
diff changeset
902 to return to Eshell. It would be equivalent to:
33020
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
903 @samp{X > #<buffer Y>; view-buffer #<buffer Y>}.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
904
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
905 @item Make @code{eshell-mode} as much a full citizen as @code{shell-mode}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
906
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
907 Everywhere in Emacs where @code{shell-mode} is specially noticed, add
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
908 @code{eshell-mode} there.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
909
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
910 @item Permit the umask to be selectively set on a @command{cp} target
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
911
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
912 @item Problem using @kbd{M-x eshell} after using @code{eshell-command}
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
913
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
914 If the first thing that I do after entering Emacs is to run
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
915 @code{eshell-command} and invoke @command{ls}, and then use @kbd{M-x
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
916 eshell}, it doesn't display anything.
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
917
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
918 @item @kbd{M-RET} during a long command (using smart display) doesn't work
e21feeab77fb See ChangeLog
John Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>
parents: 32542
diff changeset
919
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920 Since it keeps the cursor up where the command was invoked.
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921
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922 @end table
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923
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924 @node Concept Index
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925 @unnumbered Concept Index
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926
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927 @printindex cp
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928
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929 @node Function and Variable Index
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930 @unnumbered Function and Variable Index
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931
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932 @printindex fn
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933
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934 @node Key Index
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935 @unnumbered Key Index
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936
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937 @printindex ky
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938 @bye
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940 @ignore
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941 arch-tag: 776409ba-cb15-42b9-b2b6-d2bdc7ebad01
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942 @end ignore