Re: shell-command-on-region

[Alexander Pohoyda]

> >> Better use the lower level commands call-process, start-process,
> >> and friends when you want to run a command from Lisp.
> > Thanks for your reply.  Is this a proposed solution or a workaround?
> > I have other ways to work around the problem, but I wanted to know the
> > official oppinion on the issue.
> 
> I don't think it's an official position, but it is based on the following:
> - several Emacs commands are rarely appropriate for use as functions in
>   Elisp (`set-mark', `perform-replace', `switch-to-buffer',
>   `beginning-of-buffer', ...).  Most of these commands do more than what
>   meets the eye.

Good point, thanks for the explanation!  You've convinced me.

Could you please add a warning to function description?  I have a
deja vu that I have asked this question before.


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