From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Herbert Sitz Subject: Re: Failure exporting with emacs --batch Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:09:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87pqgt9wj7.fsf@hermes.hocat.ca> <2681.1321390269@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41636) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQQFq-0004G5-EK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:09:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQQFp-0001TW-BU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:09:18 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:54394) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RQQFp-0001TR-56 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:09:17 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RQQFk-0007Ay-H8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:09:12 +0100 Received: from c-24-22-131-140.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.131.140]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:09:12 +0100 Received: from hesitz by c-24-22-131-140.hsd1.wa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:09:12 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos hp.com> writes: > > That doesn't matter here: both of the above should work fine in a bash > (or similar) shell environment. I prefer the single quote style in > general, since it allows me to leave everything else unchanged[fn:1]. > > But shell quoting is a minefield: when you have to quote *parts* of an > expression and leave other parts unquoted so that the shell can get to > them (e.g. to evaluate shell variables and `...` or $(...) constructs), > life starts to get difficult - and that's just the beginning[fn:2]. > Nick -- Thanks for clarifying, I didn't read Tom's post closely enough or I would have seen that the export was indeed getting called. I've been working with getting the batch quoting working both for bash and for windows command line (in VimOrganizer clone), trying to keep them as much alike as possible. I think I have things working okay for now, but your tips may be helpful if I end up with something more complex to send. Regards, Herb