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bug#41440: 26.3; 'replace' argument in function 'shell-command-on-region
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#41440: 26.3; 'replace' argument in function 'shell-command-on-region' is assumed to be always t for rectangle selection |
Date: |
Sat, 23 May 2020 10:25:25 +0300 |
> From: Warren Lynn <wrn.lynn@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 14:53:05 -0400
>
> I am gladly surprised to find out function
> shell-command-on-region
> is supposed to work on rectangle selection also (with
> 'region-noncontiguous-p' set to t), but then
> disappointed to find out the feature does not work. It has two problems:
>
> 1. As this email title says, argument 'replace' is assumed to be t no matter
> what.
> 2. Even if I really want to replace the original selection with the
> shell-command output, it still does not work.
> An error will be thrown in function "cua--insert-rectangle" due to some
> argument type mismatch.
>
> This feature will be very useful to me (and hopefully others too) and I hope
> somebody can fix the above.
Please tell the details: how you marked the rectangle, how you invoked
shell-command-on-region, and what did you see as result.
Thanks.