Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Fix about usage of kpsewhich

[Ikumi Keita]

>>>>> Ikumi Keita <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi David and all,
>>>>> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> I just thought of another approach using brace expansion.  We can obtain
>>>> the right path delimiter by just taking the second character of the
>>>> output of "kpsewhich --expand-path {.,..}".
>>> 
>>> Presumably
>>> 
>>> kpsewhich --expand-path "{.,..}"
>>> 
>>> That's really clever.  Yes, it should do the trick, assuming the Windows
>>> executable doesn't try to be helpful by inserting the current directory,
>>> and "foreign" implementations of kpsewhich (like the MikTeX one) behave
>>> accordingly.

>> Ok, here is how I suggest to use that trick: if the expanded string
>> contains ; use ; as delimiter, otherwise :.  That should work even if
>> some executable considers it sane to insert drive letters or directory
>> separators or whatever else.  But a ; in there should never be
>> accidental.

> Thanks, I took in your suggestion to create the attached patch.  I
> checked that it also passes the regression tests.  If nobody objects, I
> will commit it to the git repo.

Done.  Mosè, now I'm ready for the new release.

Best regards,
Ikumi Keita