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authorDavid Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>2007-09-30 20:43:14 +0000
committerDavid Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>2007-09-30 20:43:14 +0000
commitaa5310e43ad28f8955c2c1e10bde32f227950956 (patch)
tree531cd8d2da011f4a2f10875f98987fd57ea1bdea /lisp/startup.el
parentfdc31e1d3897cbfdea861deabd2e813dadd8e66c (diff)
downloademacs-aa5310e43ad28f8955c2c1e10bde32f227950956.tar.gz
(argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
`(pop argv)' inside of --eval command sequences. Allows for passing shell commands into Emacs verbatim without need for Lisp quoting.
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@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ the remaining command-line args are in the variable `command-line-args-left'.")
(defvar command-line-args-left nil
"List of command-line args not yet processed.")
+(defvaralias 'argv 'command-line-args-left
+ "List of command-line args not yet processed.
+This is a convenience alias, so that one can write \(pop argv\)
+inside of --eval command line arguments in order to access
+following arguments.")
+
(defvar command-line-functions nil ;; lrs 7/31/89
"List of functions to process unrecognized command-line arguments.
Each function should access the dynamically bound variables