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

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#60846: closed (Re: bug#60846: 29.0.60; [PATCH] Add more
 documentation about Eshell command invocation)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:02:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#60846: 29.0.60; [PATCH] Add more documentation about Eshell command invocation

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 60846-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60846: 29.0.60; [PATCH] Add more documentation about Eshell
 command invocation
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:01:27 -0800

On 1/17/2023 5:05 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Thanks, the patch LGTM now.

Thanks. I merged this to the Emacs 29 branch as c4f0b6ccea. Closing this 
bug now.

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 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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