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bug#57792: 29.0.50; async-shell-command fails with prefix-argument on -m
From: |
Vladimir Nikishkin |
Subject: |
bug#57792: 29.0.50; async-shell-command fails with prefix-argument on -master |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 22:17:23 +0800 |
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mu4e 1.8.6; emacs 29.0.50 |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I can reproduce this bug on master, 27.1 and 28.2. Here's a test case
>> (not tested):
>>
>> (ert-deftest simple-tests-async-shell-command-57792 ()
>> "Test for https://debbugs.gnu.org/57792 ."
>> (with-temp-buffer
>> ;; Pretend we have a prefix argument.
>> (async-shell-command "echo \"test\"" '(4))
>> (should (equal (buffer-string) "test"))))
>>
>> I'm not sure what behavior we want here, though. Should we insert the
>> command output directly at point in the current buffer, or should we
>> first insert it into "*Async Shell Command*" and copy it over when done?
>
> The prefix isn't documented to do anything (and currently bugs out), so
> perhaps we should just remove the prefix from the interactive spec
> instead?
> Is the intention that `C-u M-&' insert the output in the current buffer?
I am quite sure it used to do that in the past. Perhaps, as late as
27.2. I can try to do a bisect to find when exactly this has changed.
Moreover, it would be analogous to C-u M-: inserting the return value
into the buffer at point.
--
Your sincerely,
Vladimir Nikishkin (MiEr, lockywolf)
(Laptop)