# HG changeset patch
# User David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
# Date 1191184994 0
# Node ID 2e9aec8f7126939d08b72a822947b4a91bcbcddd
# Parent  9f33047587c7d3d2adfbc5934e9b6af4d16102e1
(argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
`(pop argv)' inside of --eval command sequences.  Allows for
passing shell commands into Emacs verbatim without need for Lisp
quoting.

diff -r 9f33047587c7 -r 2e9aec8f7126 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Sun Sep 30 20:26:55 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sun Sep 30 20:43:14 2007 +0000
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
 after starting Emacs: startup screen, *scratch* buffer, visiting a
 file or directory.
 
+** New alias `argv' for `command-line-args-left'
+This is a convenience alias, so that one can write `(pop argv)'
+inside of --eval command line arguments in order to access
+following arguments.
 
 * Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1
 
diff -r 9f33047587c7 -r 2e9aec8f7126 lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Sun Sep 30 20:26:55 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Sun Sep 30 20:43:14 2007 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2007-09-30  David Kastrup  <dak@gnu.org>
 
+	* startup.el (argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
+	`(pop argv)' inside of --eval command sequences.  Allows for
+	passing shell commands into Emacs verbatim without need for Lisp
+	quoting.
+
 	* autorevert.el (auto-revert-handler): In `auto-revert-tail-mode',
 	check only for changed size.
 	(auto-revert-tail-handler): Get size from caller.  If the file has
diff -r 9f33047587c7 -r 2e9aec8f7126 lisp/startup.el
--- a/lisp/startup.el	Sun Sep 30 20:26:55 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/startup.el	Sun Sep 30 20:43:14 2007 +0000
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@
 (defvar command-line-args-left nil
   "List of command-line args not yet processed.")
 
+(defvaralias 'argv 'command-line-args-left
+  "List of command-line args not yet processed.
+This is a convenience alias, so that one can write \(pop argv\)
+inside of --eval command line arguments in order to access
+following arguments.")
+
 (defvar command-line-functions nil    ;; lrs 7/31/89
   "List of functions to process unrecognized command-line arguments.
 Each function should access the dynamically bound variables