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* bug#66514: start-process explorer.exe open wrong directory
@ 2023-10-13 11:40 Shynur Xie
  2023-10-13 12:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Shynur Xie @ 2023-10-13 11:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 66514

(Emacs v29.1 on MS-Windows)

Reproduce:

  1. $ emacs.exe -Q
  2. (start-process "Explorer" nil "explorer.exe" "C:/Users/username")

I think it should open the HOME folder,
but it actually opened "C:/Users/username/Documents".

When I use shell-mode or eshell, explorer works as expected.




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* bug#66514: start-process explorer.exe open wrong directory
  2023-10-13 11:40 bug#66514: start-process explorer.exe open wrong directory Shynur Xie
@ 2023-10-13 12:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
  2023-10-13 13:15   ` Shynur Xie
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2023-10-13 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Shynur Xie; +Cc: 66514

> From: Shynur Xie <one.last.kiss@outlook.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:40:44 +0000
> msip_labels: 
> 
> (Emacs v29.1 on MS-Windows)
> 
> Reproduce:
> 
>   1. $ emacs.exe -Q
>   2. (start-process "Explorer" nil "explorer.exe" "C:/Users/username")
> 
> I think it should open the HOME folder,
> but it actually opened "C:/Users/username/Documents".

Try

  (start-process "Explorer" nil "explorer.exe" "C:\\Users\\username")

> When I use shell-mode or eshell, explorer works as expected.

How exactly do you "use shell-mode or eshell" to start the Explorer?





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* bug#66514: start-process explorer.exe open wrong directory
  2023-10-13 12:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2023-10-13 13:15   ` Shynur Xie
  2023-10-13 15:18     ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Shynur Xie @ 2023-10-13 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 66514@debbugs.gnu.org

> Try
> (start-process "Explorer" nil "explorer.exe" "C:\\Users\\username")

Thanks for your help!  This expression works perfectly.
It seems that the forward slash is for the explorer to receive
arguments.

>> When I use shell-mode or eshell, explorer works as expected.
> How exactly do you "use shell-mode or eshell" to start the Explorer?

This is a faulty memory, and when I wrote the bug report, I tested
only the 'reproduce' section.  My mistake.
The bug can now be closed; it's more about 'explorer.exe' rather
than Emacs.




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* bug#66514: start-process explorer.exe open wrong directory
  2023-10-13 13:15   ` Shynur Xie
@ 2023-10-13 15:18     ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2023-10-13 15:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Shynur Xie; +Cc: 66514-done

> From: Shynur Xie <one.last.kiss@outlook.com>
> CC: "66514@debbugs.gnu.org" <66514@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:15:49 +0000
> msip_labels:
> 
> > Try
> > (start-process "Explorer" nil "explorer.exe" "C:\\Users\\username")
> 
> Thanks for your help!  This expression works perfectly.
> It seems that the forward slash is for the explorer to receive
> arguments.

Yes, MS-Windows programs frequently treat the forward slash as the
option character, instead of the dash.

> >> When I use shell-mode or eshell, explorer works as expected.
> > How exactly do you "use shell-mode or eshell" to start the Explorer?
> 
> This is a faulty memory, and when I wrote the bug report, I tested
> only the 'reproduce' section.  My mistake.
> The bug can now be closed; it's more about 'explorer.exe' rather
> than Emacs.

Done, thanks.





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