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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-03-03 14:37:43 -0800
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Merge from origin/emacs-24
4b0b27d Fix invocation of commands whose file name includes extension 87fc99f Better support for the case of typing RET on the prompt in comint. a7b1c2f Don't lose frame's background color when setting foreground 20c817d Fix handling of frame color parameters in TTY sessions eca7da1 Complete the remaining documentation updates for 24.5 Conflicts: doc/lispref/ChangeLog etc/NEWS lisp/ChangeLog nt/ChangeLog src/ChangeLog
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@@ -503,17 +503,21 @@ inputinput@point{}
@c It actually uses shell-command-switch, but no need to mention that here.
@end defun
-@defun call-process-shell-command command &optional infile destination display &rest args
+@defun call-process-shell-command command &optional infile destination display
This function executes the shell command @var{command} synchronously.
-The final arguments @var{args} are additional arguments to add at the
-end of @var{command}. The other arguments are handled as in
-@code{call-process}.
+The arguments are handled as in @code{call-process}. An old calling
+convention allowed to pass any number of additional arguments after
+@var{display}, which were concatenated to @var{command}; this is still
+supported, but strongly discouraged.
@end defun
-@defun process-file-shell-command command &optional infile destination display &rest args
+@defun process-file-shell-command command &optional infile destination display
This function is like @code{call-process-shell-command}, but uses
@code{process-file} internally. Depending on @code{default-directory},
-@var{command} can be executed also on remote hosts.
+@var{command} can be executed also on remote hosts. An old calling
+convention allowed to pass any number of additional arguments after
+@var{display}, which were concatenated to @var{command}; this is still
+supported, but strongly discouraged.
@end defun
@defun shell-command-to-string command