Normally, "echo<RET>" runs the command "echo". Likewise,
"echo\<RET><RET>" should too: we escape the first newline, and then
the second one is unescaped and should send the command input to
Eshell. Previously, you had to press RET a third time, but now it
works as expected.
* lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el (eshell-looking-at-backslash-return): Make
obsolete.
(eshell-parse-backslash): A backslash sequence is only incomplete if
there's nothing at all after it.
* test/lisp/eshell/esh-arg-tests.el (esh-arg-test/escape/newline)
(esh-arg-test/escape-quoted/newline): Remove inaccurate comment;
escaped newlines are always special.
(esh-arg-test/escape/trailing-newline): New test.
* lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el (eshell-get-marker, eshell-insert-marker)
(eshell-complete-marker-ref): New functions...
(eshell-special-ref-alist): ... Add them to the new "marker" entry.
* test/lisp/eshell/esh-arg-tests.el
(esh-arg-test/special-reference/marker)
(esh-arg-test/special-reference/nested)
(esh-arg-test/special-reference/lisp-form):
* test/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl-tests.el
(em-cmpl-test/special-ref-completion/type)
(em-cmpl-test/special-ref-completion/marker): New tests.
* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Arguments): Document the new special ref type.
* etc/NEWS: Announce this change (bug#66458).
* lisp/eshell/em-cmpl.el (eshell-complete-parse-arguments): Handle
special references.
* lisp/eshell/em-arg.el (eshell-parse-special-reference): Ensure point
is just after the "#<" when incomplete, and handle backslash escapes
more thoroughly.
(eshell-complete-special-reference): New function.
* test/lisp/eshell/esh-arg-tests.el
(esh-arg-test/special-reference/default)
(esh-arg-test/special-reference/buffer)
(esh-arg-test/special-reference/special):
* test/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl-tests.el
(em-cmpl-test/special-ref-completion/type)
(em-cmpl-test/special-ref-completion/implicit-buffer)
(em-cmpl-test/special-ref-completion/buffer): New tests.
This fixes a regression introduced during Emacs 29's development.
* lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el (eshell-parse-argument): Handle
'eshell-empty-token' as the result of an argument-parsing hook.
(eshell-parse-argument-hook): Document 'eshell-empty-token'.
(eshell-parse-backslash): Return 'eshell-empty-token' when
encountering an escaped newline.
* test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests.el (eshell-test/escape-nonspecial)
(eshell-test/escape-nonspecial-unicode)
(eshell-test/escape-nonspecial-quoted)
(eshell-test/escape-special-quoted): Move from here...
* test/lisp/eshell/esh-arg-tests.el (esh-arg-test/escape/nonspecial)
(esh-arg-test/escape/nonspecial-unicode)
(esh-arg-test/escape-quoted/nonspecial)
(esh-arg-test/escape-quoted/special): ... to here.
(esh-arg-test/escape/special, esh-arg-test/escape/newline)
(esh-arg-test/escape-quoted/newline): New tests.
* doc/misc/eshell.texi (Arguments): Explain escaping logic in more
detail (bug#59622).
