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

[Chris Moore]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> You can try mocking my preferences till Kingdom Come, but they are
> still _my_ preferences, and I didn't impose them on anyone else.

I'm not mocking your preferences; sorry that you thought I was.  I
didn't realise you were saying it should be a preference - I thought
you were arguing that the way it currently is in Emacs is acceptable,
ie. hitting tab completes directory names with a /, even when you're
on Windows.

> Anyway, I guess you've never used keyboard enhancement programs that
> make such rewrites seamlessly and transparently.

No, I've not.

> For people who routinely work on both Windows and Unix, this is a
> sanity-savior.

Personally I always found that all the spaces in directory names on a
Windows box breaks shell-mode completion anyway.

It's been a while since I used Windows, but doesn't it act something
like this:

  cd /Docum<TAB>
  cd /Documents and Settings/chr<TAB>
  no such file or directory: /Settings/