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eshell -- programmatically send input -- feature request

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>
Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>, 25270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25270: eshell -- programmatically send input -- feature request
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 16:02:51 +0200

Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com> writes:

> As far as I am aware, users of eshell have been limited to sending
> input programmatically by inserting the command into the eshell buffer
> (at the command prompt) and then executing `eshell-send-input`.  Some
> users (like myself) may feel that such a solution is lo-tech -- i.e.,
> not very eloquent. 

[...]

> The following is an example of how this new feature might be implemented:
>
> SAMPLE USAGE:  (eshell-send-input nil nil nil "ls -la /")
>
> (require 'eshell)
>
> (defun eshell-send-input (&optional use-region queue-p no-newline input-string-a)

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

I think this makes sense, but I'm not very familiar with eshell
internals, so I've added Jim to the CCs; perhaps he has some comments.

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