Re: 21.x feature request: windows shortcut support

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:
> I was trying to argue that redirecting find-file (and other
> primitives), if we want that, should be implemented on the lowest
> possible level, or else it will have subtle misfeatures.

But if the only thing people expect shortcuts to be good for is
"symlink to an executable" kind of thing, then I really think
Emacs shouldn't do more than either redirect find-file or provide
a major-mode that displays the content nicely.
I don't see any possible misfeature in the `major-mode' solution.
And apart from potential infinite looping (in case of a shortcut pointing
to itself), I don't see any subtle misfeature in the `redirect find-file'
solution either.

Could you describe a concrete possible subtle misfeature ?


        Stefan