GNU bug report logs - #8132
23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /

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Message #56 received at 8132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: zvrba.external <at> zvrba.net, 8132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#8132: 23.1; comint shell replaces \ in paths with /
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:41:10 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,  zvrba.external <at> zvrba.net,  8132 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:42:47 +0100
> 
> shell -> make-comint-in-buffer -> comint-exec -> comint-exec-1 -> start-file-process
> 
> If default-directory is remote, start-file-process invokes Tramp.

If someone uses remote default-directory with cmd.exe, they deserve
this complication.

That said, if we wrap the file completion with cmd-sensitive code, we
can easily make it cater to remote default-directories.

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