GNU bug report logs - #19350
24.4; Incorrect quoting of %-signs for Windows command shell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Demetrios Obenour <demetriobenour <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:45:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, wontfix

Found in version 24.4

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #47 received at 19350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 19350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, demiobenour <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#19350: #19350 24.4; Incorrect quoting of %-signs for Windows
 command shell
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:17:54 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:07:41 -0400
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 19350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Demi Obenour <demiobenour <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > But *nix has no such feature [environment variables affect shell escaping], nor the associated gotcha.
> 
> I'm not sure what you're trying to point out here. Why does that
> matter? We're talking about Windows, not *nix.

Indeed.  When I wrote "as shell prompt" I meant the Windows shell, not
the Unix shell.  Emacs tries to hide the OS idiosyncrasies as much as
it can, but that's not possible everywhere.
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