Re: address@hidden: Re: comint's directory tracking doesn't understand \( or \)]

[David Kastrup]

"Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden> writes:

>    > M-x shell RET
>    > ~ $ cd /tmp/
>    > /tmp $ mkdir /tmp/'(2007)'
>    > /tmp $ cd \(2007\)
>    > /tmp/(2007) $ pwd
>    >
>    >  => /tmp/(2007)
>
>    Uh, I guess you should not use 
>    pwd RET
>    but rather
>    M-x pwd RET
>
> I don't reproduce the problem either.  Emacs works fine.
>
> When I do the above with pwd in the *shell* buffer, I, too, see
> /tmp/(2007)
>
> When I do 
>        M-x pwd RET
> I see the default directory for the buffer, which in my case is  /
>
> After changing the default directory for the buffer with
>        M-x cd RET /tmp/(2007) RET
> when I do 
>        M-x pwd RET
> I see  
>        /tmp/(2007)/
> as expected.

Emacs usually tracks "cd" commands in shell-mode all by itself,
without any need to do
M-x cd RET

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