GNU bug report logs - #65303
emacs 29.1.50; Inconsistency in eshell.texi Introduction

Previous Next

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 65303 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 65303 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Gillespie <brickviking <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs 29.1.50; Inconsistency in eshell.texi Introduction
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:28:20 +1200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

I've found an inconsistency in the Introduction to eshell.texi. It
specifies as part of
a search pattern for Word Document files that are 100k or larger and six
months or older the following footnoted pattern:

ls -lt **/*.doc(Lk+50aM+5)

That nets me files bigger than 50k, not the 100k specified in the
paragraph. Here's
a quick diff supplying a correction.

===== diff =====
diff --git a/doc/misc/eshell.texi b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
index b5311e63a56..26f282de69c 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eshell.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Introduction
 Any tool you use often deserves the time spent learning to master it.
 @footnote{For the understandably curious, here is what that command
 looks like: But don't let it fool you; once you know what's going on,
-it's easier than it looks: @code{ls -lt **/*.doc(Lk+50aM+5)}.}
+it's easier than it looks: @code{ls -lt **/*.doc(Lk+100aM+5)}.}

 @menu
 * Contributors to Eshell::      People who have helped out!
===== end diff =====

Regards, brickviking

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #8 received at 65303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eric Gillespie <brickviking <at> gmail.com>, 65303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65303: emacs 29.1.50; Inconsistency in eshell.texi
 Introduction
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:13:18 -0700

On 8/14/2023 7:28 PM, Eric Gillespie wrote:
> I've found an inconsistency in the Introduction to eshell.texi. It 
> specifies as part of
> a search pattern for Word Document files that are 100k or larger and six
> months or older the following footnoted pattern:
> 
> ls -lt **/*.doc(Lk+50aM+5)
> 
> That nets me files bigger than 50k, not the 100k specified in the 
> paragraph. Here's
> a quick diff supplying a correction.

Thanks for catching this. (It turns out the other argument predicate is 
wrong too: it should be "M+6"!)

Fixed in 21b2ecee661 on the release branch, and closing this bug.

Message #13 received at 65303-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eric Gillespie <brickviking <at> gmail.com>, 65303-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65303: emacs 29.1.50; Inconsistency in eshell.texi
 Introduction
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:18:43 -0700

On 8/15/2023 10:13 PM, Jim Porter wrote:
> Fixed in 21b2ecee661 on the release branch, and closing this bug.

Scratch that. *Now* this bug is closed.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.