He is correct to advocate printf. There is an entry in the bash FAQ in relation to portable programming that endorses his view.
Sam On Jul 25, 2012 5:37 PM, "Miguel de Benito Delgado" < m.debenito.delg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Any thoughts on this anyone? I know very little about shell > compatibility issues.. > ________________ > Miguel de Benito. > > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Bernd Losert <berndlos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I am not sure if this has been pointed out or not, but a lot of the > > plugin code in src/plugins/*/bin/tm_* uses the echo command in such a > > way that it only works correctly if your shell is bash. I use zsh as > > my shell and when I run something like xypic for example, I always get > > these -n when the session starts. To avoid this issue, I suggest > > rewriting anything with echo with printf instead as the behavior of > > printf is the same across *NIX systems, unlike with echo. > > > > -- > > Bernd > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Texmacs-dev mailing list > > Texmacs-dev@gnu.org > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Texmacs-dev mailing list > Texmacs-dev@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev >
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