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23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /

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Message #47 received at 8132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: zvrba.external <at> zvrba.net, 8132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#8132: 23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:02:23 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> It could be easier to make a wrapper around the file completion, which
> would simply convert all / into \ when the result is inserted into the
> shell buffer.  That's because working with / is very basic in
> file-name completion, and reaches deep into the code and the
> primitives it uses.

It should respect remote file names. A conversion to \ is not helpful
for them.

Likely, it is sufficient to suppress the conversion if default-directory
is remote.

Best regards, Michael.

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