Re: Shell completion on w32 uses "/" instead of "\"

[Stefan Monnier]

> My solution also includes adding to shell-mode two lines that makes
> shell-file-name and explicit-shell-file-name buffer local:

>  (make-local-variable 'list-buffers-directory)
>  (make-local-variable 'explicit-shell-file-name)
>  (make-local-variable 'shell-file-name)

I guess I lack the big-picture here: to me, the above three lines can never
be the right fix for anything.  At best, they may be acceptable workarounds
in some special cases.
`make-local-variable' to me only makes sense when followed pretty much
immediately by `set' or `setq' on the same variable.


        Stefan