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authorDavid Kastrup <[email protected]>2007-09-30 20:43:14 +0000
committerDavid Kastrup <[email protected]>2007-09-30 20:43:14 +0000
commitaa5310e43ad28f8955c2c1e10bde32f227950956 (patch)
tree531cd8d2da011f4a2f10875f98987fd57ea1bdea /etc/NEWS
parentfdc31e1d3897cbfdea861deabd2e813dadd8e66c (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.
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@@ -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