On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 4:23 PM Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > > Kind of sounds like I should be using `start-process-shell-command' > again! As I understand it, this is its main selling point. > Have you by chance looked at shell-quote-argument or split-string-shell-command? It's been a while since I had to deal with this, but I recall the former being helpful then, and it looks like it may be meant to handle your situation. Hope that helps, ~Chad