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Re: master 0c28223 2/3: ; * etc/NEWS: Fix wording in a recent addition.


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: Re: master 0c28223 2/3: ; * etc/NEWS: Fix wording in a recent addition.
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:53:20 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>  *** New function 'split-string-shell-command'.
> -This splits a shell string into separate components, respecting single
> -and double quotes, as well as backslash quoting.
> +This splits a shell command string into separate components,
> +respecting quoting with single ('like this') and double ("like this")
> +quotes, as well as backslash quoting (like\ this).

Arguably nit-picking, but would it better to say "a string containing
a shell command"?  It could be unclear here what a "shell command
string" is; a reader might believe it's a special string type.



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