GNU bug report logs - #32801
[macOS] (shell-command-to-string command) discrepancy in GUI vs terminal

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jayesh Bhat <jayeshbhat55 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 01:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jayesh Bhat <jayeshbhat55 <at> gmail.com>, 32801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32801: 26.1; (shell-command-to-string command) discrepancy in GUI vs terminal
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:12:46 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 3a. Open emacs from Terminal
>> 
>> # open -n /Applications/Emacs.app --args -q
>> 
>> M-x ielm
>> 
>> *** Welcome to IELM ***  Type (describe-mode) for help.
>> ELISP> (shell-command-to-string "pwd")
>> " ]7;file://JayeshMacBook.local/Users/jayesh /Users/jayesh\n"
>> 
>> 3b. Open /Applications/Emacs.app via double click on GUI icon
>> 
>> - M-x ielm
>> 
>> *** Welcome to IELM ***  Type (describe-mode) for help.
>> ELISP> (shell-command-to-string "pwd")
>> "/Users/jayesh\n"
>
> AFAIU, that's how macOS apps behave in terminal and in GUI mode.
> Emacs just reflects the truth.
>
> But I'll let macOS experts chime in.

Does anyone else have an opinion here?  I'm hardly an expert on macOS,
but it seems to me that Eli is right.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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