>>>>> "GS" == Gabriel Striewe <li...@gabriel-striewe.de> writes:
GS> my $status = system("emacsclient -n --eval '(progn (pop-to-buffer (get-buffer-create \"*piped*\")))'"); GS> if($status!=0){ exit 1; } GS> while(<STDIN>){ GS> system("emacsclient -n --eval '(with-current-buffer \"*piped*\" (insert \"" . $_ . "\"))'"); GS> } a first pass is for you to learn the qq{} alternate quote operator. escaping " like you do is noisy and tricky. learn about these in perlop. qq{} is like "" but you can put " inside without escaping. you can use any delimiter you like but paired {} is among the best (you can even have nested {} inside without escaping!). so those lines would look like (untested): my $status = system( qq{emacsclient -n --eval '(progn (pop-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*piped*")))' }); system( qq{ emacsclient -n --eval '(with-current-buffer "*piped*" (insert "$_"))' }); notice how much easier they are to read and you can see the "" are for emacs lisp and not for perl. actually i just noticed the first one doesn't to any perl interpolation so that could use q{} which is like ''. the second one needs double quotish behavior since it interpolates $_. another improvement would be to use a named variable in the while which makes the code easier to read. i stay away from $_ unless it is required or it has a major win. neither case applies here, so this is better. also you don't chomp the input line and that may also screw things up: while( my $email = <STDIN> ) { chomp $email ; system( qq{ emacsclient -n --eval '(with-current-buffer "*piped*" (insert "$email"))' }); } better formatting helps too. that code is now ready for you and others to understand easily and maintain. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/