[debbugs-tracker] bug#35325: closed (Enable dired wildcards from the command line)

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> Enable dired wildcards from the command line
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> Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:37:49 +0800
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> (dired "/tmp/p*") works great.
> So why can't one do
> $ emacs /tmp/\*p
> to get the same effect? (Directory slice.)
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> Re: bug#35325: Enable dired wildcards from the command line
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> Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:28:15 -0400
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> Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)
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> > (dired "/tmp/p*") works great.
> > So why can't one do
> > $ emacs /tmp/\*p
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> This would make it impossible to visit a (possibly new) file literally
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> emacs --eval '(dired "bin/p*")'  works, and can eg be defined as a shell
> function if used often.
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