Function: eshell-parse-glob-chars

eshell-parse-glob-chars is a byte-compiled function defined in em-glob.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell-parse-glob-chars)

Documentation

Parse a globbing delimiter.

The character is not advanced for ordinary globbing characters, so that other function may have a chance to override the globbing interpretation.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/em-glob.el.gz
(defun eshell-parse-glob-chars ()
  "Parse a globbing delimiter.
The character is not advanced for ordinary globbing characters, so
that other function may have a chance to override the globbing
interpretation."
  (when (memq (char-after) eshell-glob-chars-list)
    (if (not (memq (char-after) '(?\( ?\[)))
	(ignore (eshell-add-glob-modifier))
      (let ((here (point)))
	(forward-char)
	(let* ((delim (char-before))
	       (end (eshell-find-delimiter
		     delim (if (eq delim ?\[) ?\] ?\)))))
	  (if (not end)
	      (throw 'eshell-incomplete delim)
	    (if (and (eshell-using-module 'eshell-pred)
		     (eshell-arg-delimiter (1+ end)))
		(ignore (goto-char here))
	      (eshell-add-glob-modifier)
	      (prog1
		  (buffer-substring-no-properties (1- (point)) (1+ end))
		(goto-char (1+ end))))))))))