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

[Lennart Borgman]

Nick Roberts wrote:
>  >        ...And unfortunately it is a bug on w32, that in one sense is a 
>  > platform where we want to attract people because it makes it easier to 
>  > switch to GNU/Linux later.
>
> Is that really the aim of Emacs on Windows?  Presumably it could also make
> GNU/Linux users feel more comfortable on Windows and they could switch the
> other way.

I do not know if that is the aim, but at least I consider it one of the 
goals.

If we would assume that feeling comfortable on the other system was 
equal then it woudl be much more people switching from Windows to 
GNU/Linux just because there are more people using Windows. Now if Emacs 
does not work well on Windows people on Windows will never be 
comfortable with Emacs. Unless they switch to GNU/Linux without beeing 
comfortable with Emacs of course, but then Emacs have not helped them 
feeling at home on GNU/Linux. (And they may instead look for Windows 
tools on GNU/Linux.)