Reply to message «Re: Including into the current buffer from an external source», sent 22:18:26 21 February 2011, Monday by ZyX:
But yes, my example is specific to zsh with some option set (it is by default).
For unix it should be ``echo -e '\0'''.
Original message:
> Reply to message «Re: Including into the current buffer from an external
> source»,
> sent 20:37:57 21 February 2011, Monday
>
> by Christian Brabandt:
> > You are not only Unix specific, but Shell specific. That is not portable
> > and won't even work if you haven't set 'shell' correctly.
>
> Replace ``read! echo $'\0''' with ``read!
> {placeholder_for_command_that_has_NULLS_in_its_output}'' and you will get
> `portable' example.
>
> Original message:
> > Hi ZyX!
> >
> > (Please don't top post!)
> >
> > On Mo, 21 Feb 2011, ZyX wrote:
> > > Your emulation is incorrect: try to get the same output as ``read!
> > > echo $'\0'''. In case of reading file my suggestion works just as well
> >
> > You are not only Unix specific, but Shell specific. That is not portable
> > and won't even work if you haven't set 'shell' correctly.
> >
> > regards,
> > Christian
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