Hi, On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Bill> I was told eval was "wrong on multiple levels". > > I should elaborate. > > Using "eval" here means that you *then* have to be careful about > whitespace quoting. For example, if my $HOME had a space in it, > EDITOR="$HOME/bin/superemacs" would be broken if you add the extra eval, > since the whitespace would be treated as a delimeter on the second > lexing. I'd have to figure out how to set EDITOR with the right quotes > or backwhacks in it to undo the effect of your eval. Yes, I never felt good about our change in the EDITOR handling. In related news, I don't see why Bill's colleague does not just change the broken ~ to the proper $HOME. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
