GNU bug report logs - #13661
24.3.50; shell-command fails with w32-downcase-file-names

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Message #13 received at 13661-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>, <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13661-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#13661: 24.3.50;
	shell-command fails with w32-downcase-file-names
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 09:30:33 -0800

> Damn that w32-downcase-file-names option!  Why are people still using
> it in the year 2013??

Hm.  FWIW, I wasn't even aware of that option.

If it is not so appropriate now (or ever?), why not tweak the doc string to
suggest that?  Reading the doc string, you can easily get the impression that
you might want this to be non-nil.

IOW, if you wonder why people are still using this in 2013, maybe take a look at
what Emacs tells users about it.

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