Eshell no longer needs this function, since all command parsing is
performed first, with special syntax annotated with text properties as
needed, as opposed to marking literal text with a property (bug#54486).
* lisp/eshell/em-pred.el (eshell-modifier-alist): Make "q" modifier
obsolete.
(eshell-modifier-help-string): Remove mention of "q".
* lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el (eshell-escape-arg): Make obsolete.
(eshell-parse-backslash, eshell-parse-literal-quote)
(eshell-parse-double-quote): Don't call 'eshell-escape-arg'.
* lisp/eshell/esh-var.el (eshell-parse-variable): Don't call
'eshell-escape-arg'.
* test/lisp/eshell/em-extpipe-tests.el (em-extpipe-test-2)
(em-extpipe-test-9, em-extpipe-test-11): Remove 'eshell-escape-arg'.
* test/lisp/eshell/em-pred-tests.el (em-pred-test/modifier-quote):
Remove test.
* test/lisp/eshell/esh-var-tests.el
(esh-var-test/quoted-interp-var-indices)
(esh-var-test/quote-interp-var-indices-subcommand): Remove workaround in
tests.
* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Argument Modifiers): Remove documentation of
obsolete "q" modifier.
* test/lisp/eshell/em-pred-tests.el
(eshell-parse-file-name-attributes): Use t instead of nil as
second argument to 'time-convert'.
Suggested by Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>.
* lisp/eshell/em-pred.el (eshell-error-if-no-glob): Declare it.
(eshell-apply-modifiers): Add STRING-DESC argument and signal an error
if there are no matches and 'eshell-error-if-no-glob' is set.
(eshell-parse-arg-modifier): Pass modifier string to
'eshell-apply-modifiers'.
* test/lisp/eshell/em-pred-tests.el (eshell-eval-predicate): Simplify.
(em-pred-test/no-matches): New test.
* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Bugs and ideas): Remove todo entry about this
change.
* lisp/eshell/em-pred.el (eshell-pred-delimiter-pairs): New variable.
(eshell-get-comparison-modifier-argument)
(eshell-get-numeric-modifier-argument)
(eshell-get-delimited-modifier-argument): New functions...
(eshell-pred-user-or-group, eshell-pred-file-time)
(eshell-pred-file-links, eshell-pred-file-size)
(eshell-pred-substitute, eshell-join-memebers, eshell-split-members):
... and use them here.
(eshell-include-members): Pass 'mod-char' and use
'eshell-get-delimited-modifier-argument'.
(eshell-pred-file-type, eshell-pred-file-mode): Use 'when-let'.
(eshell-modifier-alist): Pass modifier char to
'eshell-include-members'.
* test/lisp/eshell/em-pred-tests.el
(em-pred-test/predicate-delimiters): New test.
(em-pred-test/predicate-uid, em-pred-test/predicate-gid,
em-pred-test/modifier-include, em-pred-test/modifier-exclude): Remove
cases covered by 'em-pred-test/predicate-delimiters'.
(em-pred-test/modifier-substitute): Add test cases for new delimiter
styles.
* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Argument Predication and Modification):
Explain how string parameters are delimited.
(Argument Modifiers): Document some special delimiter behavior with
the 's/PATTERN/REPLACE/' modifier (bug#55204).
* etc/NEWS: Announce this change, and move the
'eshell-eval-using-options' entry to the Eshell section.
* lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el (eshell-eval-argument): New function.
* lisp/eshell/esh-util.el (eshell-file-attributes): Pass original
value of FILE to 'file-attributes'.
* lisp/eshell/em-pred.el (eshell-predicate-alist): Change socket char
to '=', since 's' conflicts with setuid.
(eshell-modifier-alist): Fix 'E' (eval) modifier by using
'eshell-eval-argument'. Also improve performance of 'O' (reversed
sort) modifier.
(eshell-modifier-help-string): Fix documentation of global
substitution modifier.
(eshell-pred-substitute): Fix infinite loop in some global
substitutions.
(eshell-join-members): Fix joining with implicit " " delimiter.
(Bug#54470)
* test/lisp/eshell/em-pred-tests.el: New file.
* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Argument Predication): New section.
