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29.0.60; [PATCH] Add more documentation about Eshell command invocation

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: 60846 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60846: 29.0.60; [PATCH] Add more documentation about Eshell command invocation
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 18:51:25 -0800

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The Eshell manual isn't as thorough as it could be about how users 
should invoke commands. While there's a reasonable amount of 
documentation about the details, it never directly describes how to run 
a simple command.

Attached is a patch to remedy this. I also corrected the documentation 
about how Eshell picks what command to run in command form; previously, 
it stated that ordinary Lisp functions had higher priority than external 
commands, which isn't actually the case (unless you set 
'eshell-prefer-lisp-functions').

Since this is purely a documentation change, I'd like to merge this to 
the Emacs 29 branch.

[0001-Add-more-detail-about-how-to-invoke-Eshell-commands.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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