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| author | David Kastrup <[email protected]> | 2007-09-30 20:43:14 +0000 |
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| committer | David Kastrup <[email protected]> | 2007-09-30 20:43:14 +0000 |
| commit | aa5310e43ad28f8955c2c1e10bde32f227950956 (patch) | |
| tree | 531cd8d2da011f4a2f10875f98987fd57ea1bdea | |
| parent | fdc31e1d3897cbfdea861deabd2e813dadd8e66c (diff) | |
(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.
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/startup.el | 6 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ using several time zones, in a buffer. 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 --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog index 12eabe46e5..ac151a50bf 100644 --- a/lisp/ChangeLog +++ b/lisp/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2007-09-30 David Kastrup <[email protected]> + * 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 --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el index 395d1673a1..ef0e750d7d 100644 --- a/lisp/startup.el +++ b/lisp/startup.el @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ the remaining command-line args are in the variable `command-line-args-left'.") (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 |