GNU bug report logs - #27361
24.4; eshell/echo silently ignores -n argument

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>

Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:17:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 27361 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27361: 24.4; eshell/echo silently ignores -n argument
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:22:53 -0700

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npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net writes:

> It's not ignored, but eshell always adds a newline before the prompt.
> Furthermore, the argument has the opposite sense to the traditional
> shell interpretation

Ah, I see. Yeah, doing the opposite of what the user asked for in both
cases is much worse than simply ignoring the argument when it's present.

-Phil

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