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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:16:42 +0100
> From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
> CC:  address@hidden
> >
> > I really don't think we should try to open this can of worms now.
> > Let's wait until after the release.
> 
> As I said this is clearly a bug.

I heard what you said, and I obviously disagree that it's a clear bug.
It is no more a bug than the fact that Emacs uses only forward slashes
in file-name completion in the minibuffer, even on Windows.

In other words, you are arguing for a new feature.  While I'm not
opposed to having such a feature, now is not the time to introduce new
features.

> Could you please comment on my tentative solution?

I believe I already have commented on it, see the citation from my
original message above: I don't want us to mess with this so close to
a release.

> What do you think can go wrong?

Everything.  As you yourself point out, the situation with w32 shells
is complicated and fragile.  What else should be said to convince you
that now is not the time to mess with it?

> I will add the above to my patched version, as usual.

Sigh...  That's how the XEmacs fork started, you know...