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

Previous Next

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.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 27361 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27361: Re: bug#27361: 24.4; eshell/echo silently ignores -n argument
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:27:32 -0800

On 1/20/2022 1:36 AM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I've attached a patch that does this, as well as (hopefully) resolving
>> the unusual meaning of "-n" when echo outputs a Lisp-friendly result
>> (i.e. when `eshell-plain-echo-behavior' is nil). Now, it warns the
> 
> Thanks; applied to Emacs 29.

Thanks. Hopefully the warning about using "-n" with Lisp-friendly echo 
isn't too obtrusive for people, but if it is, we could probably replace 
it with `message'.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 123 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.