Re: gnus-summary-save-in-pipe does not pipe raw article

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> Lloyd Zusman wrote:

>> (defun gzp-pipe-spam (&optional n)
>>   (interactive "P")
>>   (let ((pipe (format "cat | /path/to/cmd")))
> ........................^^^^^^^

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> Just a (very!) small nit. Why is `cat' being used here? Am I missing
> something? This looks like another recipient of the UUOC Award ("Useless
> Use of Cat"):

>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_(Unix)#cat_and_UUOC

> And for that matter, the `format' function is equally superfluous,
> as the following is equivalent and faster:

>   (let ((pipe "/path/to/cmd"))

I guessed that's just an example.  I believe what he actually
uses is more complicated and `format' and `let*' are really
needed there.  ;-)

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