GNU bug report logs - #8531
eshell backslash handling

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:24:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#8531: 24.0.50; shell-quote-argument shouldn't escape special characters
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:53:35 -0400

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:14:58 -0400
> Cc: 8531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Thierry Volpiatto wrote:
> 
> > So yes the problem is related only to eshell.
> 
> Why do you want/need to call shell-quote-argument inside eshell?

He doesn't.  But a literal Vid\éos (with the backslash typed by hand)
doesn't work with Eshell, either.  Doesn't Eshell support the standard
shell feature whereby a non-special character escaped by a backslash
stands for itself?
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