* gnus-util.el (gnus-read-shell-command): New function.

* mm-decode.el (mm-pipe-part):
* gnus-art.el (gnus-summary-save-in-pipe): Use it.

lisp/gnus/ChangeLog

+2008-06-05  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* gnus-util.el (gnus-read-shell-command): New function.
+	* mm-decode.el (mm-pipe-part):
+	* gnus-art.el (gnus-summary-save-in-pipe): Use it.
+
 2008-06-05  Katsumi Yamaoka  <yamaoka@jpl.org>
 
 	* message.el (message-disassociate-draft): Revert 2008-03-18 change.

lisp/gnus/gnus-art.el

@@ -3944,7 +3944,7 @@ The directory to save in defaults to `gnus-article-save-directory'."
 	       gnus-last-shell-command)
 	      ((stringp command)
 	       command)
-	      (t (read-string
+	      (t (gnus-read-shell-command
 		  (format
 		   "Shell command on %s: "
 		   (if (and gnus-number-of-articles-to-be-saved

lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 (eval-and-compile
   (cond
    ;; Prefer `replace-regexp-in-string' (present in Emacs, XEmacs 21.5,
-   ;; SXEmacs 22.1.4) over `replace-in-string'.  The later leads to inf-loops
+   ;; SXEmacs 22.1.4) over `replace-in-string'.  The lalter leads to inf-loops
    ;; on empty matches:
    ;;   (replace-in-string "foo" "/*$" "/")
    ;;   (replace-in-string "xe" "\\(x\\)?" "")
@@ -957,10 +957,10 @@ If there's no subdirectory, delete DIRECTORY as well."
 			(overlays-at pos)))))))
 
 ;;; Protected and atomic operations.  dmoore@ucsd.edu 21.11.1996
-;;; The primary idea here is to try to protect internal datastructures
-;;; from becoming corrupted when the user hits C-g, or if a hook or
-;;; similar blows up.  Often in Gnus multiple tables/lists need to be
-;;; updated at the same time, or information can be lost.
+;; The primary idea here is to try to protect internal datastructures
+;; from becoming corrupted when the user hits C-g, or if a hook or
+;; similar blows up.  Often in Gnus multiple tables/lists need to be
+;; updated at the same time, or information can be lost.
 
 (defvar gnus-atomic-be-safe t
   "If t, certain operations will be protected from interruption by C-g.")
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ variables and then do only the assignment atomically."
 (put 'gnus-atomic-progn 'lisp-indent-function 0)
 
 (defmacro gnus-atomic-progn-assign (protect &rest forms)
-  "Evaluate FORMS, but insure that the variables listed in PROTECT
+  "Evaluate FORMS, but ensure that the variables listed in PROTECT
 are not changed if anything in FORMS signals an error or otherwise
 non-locally exits.  The variables listed in PROTECT are updated atomically.
 It is safe to use gnus-atomic-progn-assign with long computations.
@@ -1798,6 +1798,9 @@ is allowed once again.  (Immediately, if `inhibit-quit' is nil.)"
 	     ;; that intends to handle the quit signal next time.
 	     (eval '(ignore nil))))))
 
+(defalias 'gnus-read-shell-command
+  (if (fboundp 'read-shell-command) 'read-shell-command 'read-string))
+
 (provide 'gnus-util)
 
 ;; arch-tag: f94991af-d32b-4c97-8c26-ca12a934de49

lisp/gnus/mm-decode.el

@@ -1295,7 +1295,8 @@ text/\\(\\sw+\\)\\(?:\;\\s-*charset=\\(.+?\\)\\)?[\"'][^>]*>" nil t)
   "Pipe HANDLE to a process."
   (let* ((name (mail-content-type-get (mm-handle-type handle) 'name))
 	 (command
-	  (read-string "Shell command on MIME part: " mm-last-shell-command)))
+	  (gnus-read-shell-command
+           "Shell command on MIME part: " mm-last-shell-command)))
     (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
       (mm-insert-part handle)
       (mm-add-meta-html-tag handle)