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: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 8531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8531: 24.0.50; shell-quote-argument shouldn't escape special characters
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:21:37 +0200

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

>> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:03:30 +0200
>> Cc: 8531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Thierry Volpiatto wrote:
>> >
>> >> So yes the problem is related only to eshell.
>> >
>> > Why do you want/need to call shell-quote-argument inside eshell?
>> For compatibility with Windows filenames:
>
> You mean, file names with embedded white space?
Yes.

> If not, what other compatibility issues are there?
Nothing else for the moment.

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