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Message #48 received at 1795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 1795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1795: shell problem
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:21:01 -0300

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> relson <at> osage writes:
>
>> Within an emacs bash shell, using "!!" to re-execute a command with
>> "$( ... )" in it results in a space inserted between the dollar sign
>> and the left paren.  The inserted space should _not_ be present.
>
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
> at the time.)
>
> I'm unable to reproduce this in any Emacs versions I have (Emacs 25.1
> and up):

While I can't reproduce the original recipe from Bug#1795, the problem
is still there.  Look at the recipes in Bug#5007 or Bug#8027, or try
this:

M-x shell
cat <(date)
!!
Type M-p

You'll see that the command has been modified and now reads:
cat < ( date )

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