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| author | Aidan Gauland | 2014-01-04 12:14:16 +1300 |
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| committer | Aidan Gauland | 2014-01-04 12:14:16 +1300 |
| commit | 22db5dd5ed7c5d18e8247e91093195ca7af38361 (patch) | |
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* eshell.texi (What Eshell is not): Clean up confusing clause.
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| 1 | 2014-01-03 Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@amuri.net> | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | * eshell.texi (What Eshell is not): Clean up confusing clause. | ||
| 4 | |||
| 1 | 2014-01-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 5 | 2014-01-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
| 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | * efaq-w32.texi, reftex.texi: Use @insertcopying in non-TeX. | 7 | * efaq-w32.texi, reftex.texi: Use @insertcopying in non-TeX. |
diff --git a/doc/misc/eshell.texi b/doc/misc/eshell.texi index 21789b9af01..38c17c36f5a 100644 --- a/doc/misc/eshell.texi +++ b/doc/misc/eshell.texi | |||
| @@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ it's easier than it looks: @code{ls -lt **/*.doc(Lk+50aM+5)}.} | |||
| 147 | Eshell is @emph{not} a replacement for system shells such as | 147 | Eshell is @emph{not} a replacement for system shells such as |
| 148 | @command{bash} or @command{zsh}. Use Eshell when you want to move | 148 | @command{bash} or @command{zsh}. Use Eshell when you want to move |
| 149 | text between Emacs and external processes; if you only want to pipe | 149 | text between Emacs and external processes; if you only want to pipe |
| 150 | output from one external process to another, to another, use a system | 150 | output from one external process to another (and then another, and so |
| 151 | shell, because Emacs's IO system is buffer oriented, not stream | 151 | on), use a system shell, because Emacs's IO system is buffer oriented, |
| 152 | oriented, and is very inefficient at such tasks. If you want to write | 152 | not stream oriented, and is very inefficient at such tasks. If you |
| 153 | shell scripts in Eshell, don't; either write an elisp library or use a | 153 | want to write shell scripts in Eshell, don't; either write an elisp |
| 154 | system shell. | 154 | library or use a system shell. |
| 155 | 155 | ||
| 156 | Some things Eshell just doesn't do well. It fills the niche between | 156 | Some things Eshell just doesn't do well. It fills the niche between |
| 157 | IELM and your system shell, where the peculiar use-cases lie, and it | 157 | IELM and your system shell, where the peculiar use-cases lie, and it |