GNU bug report logs - #15461
24.3; exec-path on ms windows should contain current directory

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15461 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jarek Czekalski <jarekczek <at> poczta.onet.pl>
Subject: bug#15461: why do I need it
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:39:07 -0400

> If the only use case where you need this is completion of executables,
> an alternative solution could be to teach such completion to look in
> the current buffer's default directory, on systems where that is
> implicit.  This could be an easier solution than futzing with the
> environment.

Completion should mirror the behavior of the code that spawns the
process, so if the process name can be relative to default-directory,
completion should also accept file names in default-directory.


        Stefan

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