Support program switches in 'comint-run' command

* etc/NEWS:
* doc/emacs/misc.texi: Describe new behaviour (bug#33037).
* lisp/comint.el (comint-run): Add optional SWITCHES argument.
With prefix argument C-u, prompt for SWITCHES.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 532babd0fa6..89111b1b7de 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -754,6 +754,10 @@ better emulate 'M-.' in both Bash and zsh, since the former counts
 from the beginning of the arguments, while the latter counts from the
 end.
 
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+*** 'comint-run' can now accept a list of switches to pass to the program.
+'C-u M-x comint-run' will prompt for the switches interactively.
+
 ** SQL
 
 *** SQL Indent Minor Mode