GNU bug report logs - #67438
29.1; WDired uses `substitute-in-file-name', so `$$' is changed to `$' - undocumented?

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 23:37:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.1

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 67438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#67438: 29.1; WDired uses `substitute-in-file-name', so `$$' is changed to `$' - undocumented?
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 09:44:45 +0100

On Nov 25 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> WDired interprets file names in the same way, and that is OK because
> anything else would be inconsistent.

If you edit a file name that contains a $ sequence that is altered by
substitute-in-file-name you must change each $ to $$ that you want to
keep.

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