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 #53 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: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 22:15:21 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 14:47:37 -0400
> Cc: Demi Obenour <demiobenour <at> gmail.com>, 19350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> So I have been thinking about this. As far as I can tell, the %CD:~,0%
> hack is the only way to solve it. We can make it conditional on having
> command extensions enabled, see attached.

I'm uneasy using such tricks in our sources.  No one said they will
continue working in future versions of cmd.exe, or that they work now
in replacement shells used out there.  It could also get in the way of
developing cmdproxy.

The use case is marginal enough for us to leave it alone, I think.

Thanks.
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