GNU bug report logs - #63875
26.3; Doc of `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 16:09:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 63875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63875: 26.3; Doc of `dired-guess-shell-alist-user'
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2023 19:29:30 +0300

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "63875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <63875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 16:26:02 +0000
> 
> > Feel free to close the bug.  Thx.
> 
> But it would be good, I think, to add that it's
> not just about shell commands.  Some users will
> not recognize that they can invoke executable
> programs this way.

Shell commands are a super-set of executable programs, so I see no
reason to change anything here.  The variable is used to invoke
commands via a shell, so "shell command" is exactly right.
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