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bug#7563: 23.2; `split-string-and-unquote' mis-documented / purpose uncl
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#7563: 23.2; `split-string-and-unquote' mis-documented / purpose unclear |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:42:06 +0200 |
> Cc: "7563@debbugs.gnu.org" <7563@debbugs.gnu.org>
> From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:41:52 -0500
>
> Thanks. I'm away from the docs ATM but IIRC this stuff is documented in a
> section on interacting with the shell but it seems from the way you describe
> the behavior that this function is all about Emacs string processing and
> should be elsewhere or it will mislead people
We cannot have a separate section for every possible sub-class of
features. The description of these functions is in the section named
"Shell Arguments", indeed, but this section is part of a chapter named
"Processes", and it deals with a specialized kind of quoting, so I
don't see how this will mislead, given the explicit references to
call-process and start-process.
If naming sections is important, we could rename the section to
something like "Command Arguments".