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23.2; `split-string-and-unquote' mis-documented / purpose unclear

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.2

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

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "7563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <7563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#7563: 23.2; `split-string-and-unquote' mis-documented / purpose unclear
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:41:52 -0500


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On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>>> 
>>> I believe the manual says precisely that.  If the problem is with
>>> mentioning "shell", would removing that solve this difficulty?
>> 
>> It would certainly help
> 
> Done.

Thanks. I'm away from the docs ATM but IIRC this stuff is documented in a section on interacting with the shell but it seems from the way you describe the behavior that this function is all about Emacs string processing and should be elsewhere or it will mislead people
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