Re: Make call-process (and start-process?) filename handlers?

[Stefan Monnier]

>     I think it would be good to change call-process to check for a
>     filename handler, based on the value of default-directory.
> 
> It doesn't make sense to run any particular handler for call-process
> generally.  What you would want the handler to do, and whether it
> makes sense to run one, is specific to a particular program.  So this
> change is the wrong way to solve the problem.

We've gone through that already.
The `shell-command' precedent as well as the `dired-call-process' precedent
show that there is something to say for `call-process' (and by extension
`start-process') to call a file-name-handler depending on default-directory.

That will make M-x compile, VC, M-x gdb, and much more behave correctly
on remote files.


        Stefan