Re: Should shell-quote-argument really use (eq system-type 'windows-nt)?

[Lennart Borgman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephan Stahl" <address@hidden>

> I think shell-quote-argument should not use
> (eq system-type'windows-nt)
> instead it should take shell-file-name into account.
> 
> It seems very usual for emacs users on w32 to use cygwin or mingw.
> Right now shell-quote-argument would return something wrong when bash
> or some "intelligent" shell is used on w32 because it assumes a dumb
> w32 shell.
> 
> What do others think about this (little tested) change?

I have not tested your change but I think your idea is good.