Herbert Sitz <hs...@nwlink.com> writes: > In Linux I'm not sure how to do the quoting. I tried this: > > ---> emacs --eval "( find-file "/home/somefile.org" )"
Provided you don't use any completely exotic shell, that is what Emacs gets to see: ( find-file /home/somefile.org ) > And I get the error: > > Symbols' value as variable is void: /home/somefile\.org > > It seems there's some problem with the period in the filename, but maybe it's > more than that. Can anyone explain how to properly quote the Linux > commandline > version? (File comes up fine if I just do find-file in a running emacs.) A safe way to quote this particular invocation: emacs --eval '( find-file "/home/somefile.org" )' This only works in tcsh emacs --eval "( find-file \\"/home/somefile.org\\" ) " Bash needs this instead emacs --eval "( find-file "'"'"/home/somefile.org"'"'" ) " THere may be other solutions for bash, but I never really got the hang of their quoting rules. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada
