Re: eshell command substitution?

[Stephen Berman]

On Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:30:05 -0500 Jeff Clough <jeff@jeffclough.net> wrote:

> Jeff Clough <jeff@jeffclough.net> writes:
>
>> Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
>>
>>> This should work (see (info "(eshell) Dollars Expansion")):
>>>
>>> $ g++ base.cpp -o base ${pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags --libs}
>>>
>>> Steve Berman
>>
>> Progress! Running that command, I get the proper output from pkg-config,
>> but it's wrapped in single quotes, which the compiler doesn't like.
>
> Wait, no. No, it's not. It's outputting exactly as it should.
>
> If I do this in gnome-terminal, it works...
>
> $ g++ -g -o base base.cpp `pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags --libs}`
>
> I can run the call to pkg-config by itself, and I get the endless line
> of options I expect.
>
> If I run this in eshell, it doesn't work...
>
> $ g++ -g -o base base.cpp ${pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags --libs}
>
> I get "g++: error: unrecognized command-line option '...'"
>
> With the enless line of options in quotes, but that's just the compiler
> quoting at me.

I get that with when the pkg-config command is wrapped in backticks, but
with ${} the compilation succeeds for me.

> If I do...
>
> ${pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags --libs}
>
> In eshell, I get the same result as if I ran pkg-config in
> gnome-terminal.
>
> I'm even more confused.

Strange.

Steve Berman