From unknown Fri Aug 15 16:18:01 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#63108 <63108@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#63108 <63108@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 28.2; emacsclient does not recognise eval argument Reply-To: bug#63108 <63108@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:18:01 +0000 retitle 63108 28.2; emacsclient does not recognise eval argument reassign 63108 emacs submitter 63108 Vangelis Evangelou severity 63108 wishlist thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Apr 27 04:48:57 2023 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Apr 2023 08:48:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57542 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1prxJB-0006xb-2C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:48:57 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:59670) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1prxJ8-0006xT-Th for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:48:55 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prxJ8-00053J-Fb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:48:54 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-x833.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::833]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prxJ6-0005JF-HB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 04:48:53 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-x833.google.com with SMTP id d75a77b69052e-3ef6e8493ebso25338611cf.2 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 01:48:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1682585331; x=1685177331; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=SKwwtmHcEMeItbGD8L5/1bbnWlXycET6P9iq6ACxC74=; b=n2AMfHeAG+CttIt2RW8ty2zCuzJk2HQbgvoX9AxXCRYqXwa6IqpP7JffSZVu+xHpnb S7unXspzQusKuh/z/po0WaiBCBIxnMynBA6DqLVR/R0C0phg2PMUsL+Nf5POladiFIey tcwZ+r0Wak71nE+WJu8Tj806FwiZSbCeSauRiesKgEOdAGmSRltpP0ZaO1LMBsNcMbcU QHhqAf7qqyfu+VsDDK9VIbT00J66R8wxHAfw6KEvRifIFbRnvBf88mRG6cPTA1r5GTgo fRBpeFhRHwZVdSDiajv1IHNzPj3oBDV0+qxMIpgDEOH3qh41Mz5IqkZepzq9mJvd4VTB Z4Lg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1682585331; x=1685177331; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=SKwwtmHcEMeItbGD8L5/1bbnWlXycET6P9iq6ACxC74=; b=hCsg0tFRYXcqdDPtxHhmNPR5QHfMA5T0eQsegGivxLlgizG7+dCBXOeV2Dc2MFI59g tnL//aBoO185EgoT+GnJrVGC5sS1pU00VM6bqgN0CrnCepyqufb3K7z0Rcwp9h5gX8+w m8FyfyBCXs+rj0E/Un1GbrX/GAS1+PnAHmDP95VnFDuw1pBv5MaVnk4Y6/L5Ww2uEXv0 SG+prIoINZFdi09+KafbcnSQFUuulBi/xyP8Gs0FHY07OXFcoir6OH+vibt4wcDib2JD Bth92LUrL44copkJdveJPNfX3HE9K1ft+NrqZn+NkZqd8iteCtkNfJ1PgWsVEacCfzb7 U2wg== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDycmxLw/W9c2d9QU1tHQ1uAw8j2dtvF5LUisoqvZGWk2RmtbLUA XxlKiW6FeZXn32WTqJVm5KZe3uIzjyO82vjTyGPPtON/ZqT8Pg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ7O8FXsxjM11W/OLeSarsaN25gHyRNkIH4ezHvH0XVGjcJ/n4f7X0qvUwgKAliuJ1rkLpAmdBNySmj0AgITTAo= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:5e0d:0:b0:3ef:3bad:6d05 with SMTP id h13-20020ac85e0d000000b003ef3bad6d05mr1079987qtx.2.1682585331050; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 01:48:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Vangelis Evangelou Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:48:40 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: 28.2; emacsclient does not recognise eval argument To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f62d4b05fa4d6cec" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::833; envelope-from=evangelou@gmail.com; helo=mail-qt1-x833.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) --000000000000f62d4b05fa4d6cec Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" In the terminal, I type the command emacsclient -s test -a emacs --eval "(message \"hello\")" Emacs visits a file called (message "hello"), so in fact it interprets the last input as the name to a file instead of evaluating the lisp expression. --000000000000f62d4b05fa4d6cec Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In the terminal, I type the command
emacscl= ient -s test -a emacs --eval "(message \"hello\")"
Emacs visits a file called (message "hello"), so in fact it= interprets the last input as the name to a file instead of evaluating the = lisp expression.
--000000000000f62d4b05fa4d6cec-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Apr 27 06:42:16 2023 Received: (at 63108) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Apr 2023 10:42:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57651 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1prz4p-0001l0-FW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:42:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38490) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1prz4Z-0001kG-L7 for 63108@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:42:14 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prz4U-0001jk-4t; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:41:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=y81H2sa5f+ZeT5/t9lrpCE3MChc6scQbupFmPg6CHsU=; b=LwQj1RHQcmQC VBkop7vdi0Hq4JI12r1EO1D4IKlUOMhuI8vVE315BZTfRGbwEbUpa5XtYDCrmEZRkHnG1GPZaLoGa Hgke6d8PaGR8DJL5N22hkqlq4chJgvOR6pV/Ii5pjqnSSe4at+fQsaIVOw0SMHEXu+3D1jWBxG/9e 7pAkQw35NagMx9yN6dVea2HqJYjzO+oIbTsaCMqvmffgtnvxKR4hpxEmVLGzh4JvRyeo6WVJapASq EuVrHAXTkXi1nwpBv+EyUZ1JZZQBQDHrxu1ioiJJTTq5BWJiNKWuG6JacnKWY9CWJpdljsrH49Ysk zQHsXP1KDubonZddD8+Zzw==; Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prz4T-0007H1-BD; Thu, 27 Apr 2023 06:41:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:42:25 +0300 Message-Id: <83v8hhsj1q.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Vangelis Evangelou In-Reply-To: (message from Vangelis Evangelou on Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:48:40 +0100) Subject: Re: bug#63108: 28.2; emacsclient does not recognise eval argument References: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 63108 Cc: 63108@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > From: Vangelis Evangelou > Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:48:40 +0100 > > In the terminal, I type the command > emacsclient -s test -a emacs --eval "(message \"hello\")" > Emacs visits a file called (message "hello"), so in fact it interprets the last input as the name to a file > instead of evaluating the lisp expression. I think what you expect to happen is currently not supported. 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