From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: init_buffer PWD fix
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:03:22 +0300 (IDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1020422100118.11473J-100000@is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3lmbgg65m.wl@omni-engine.com>
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Keiichiro Nagano wrote:
> init_buffer uses environmental variable PWD to identify current
> working directory. I think we should not use it on Windows. On
> Windows with Cygwin, PWD is unreliable and confusing, because
>
> * Cygwin bash treats it
> * Cygwin sh (ash) doesnot
> * to say nothing of command.com, cmd.exe, nmake.exe and so on
Sorry, I don't understand the problem. command.com. cmd.exe etc. don't
set PWD, so the current Emacs code should DTRT. I don't know about ash;
are you saying that it sets PWD to the wrong value?
It's impossible to evaluate your suggestion without understanding the
details. Please describe those details. Thanks in advance.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-22 7:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-21 20:15 init_buffer PWD fix Keiichiro Nagano
2002-04-21 23:00 ` Keiichiro Nagano
2002-04-22 6:18 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-22 7:20 ` Keiichiro Nagano
2002-04-22 11:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 21:16 ` Jason Rumney
2002-04-22 7:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 7:01 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-22 8:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 7:22 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-22 11:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 23:21 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-23 6:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 21:21 ` Jason Rumney
2002-04-23 5:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-23 6:14 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-23 11:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 17:55 ` Richard Stallman
2002-04-24 18:14 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-23 17:45 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-24 6:52 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 7:13 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-24 7:45 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 10:30 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 16:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 17:13 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 18:25 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 19:19 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-24 19:41 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 19:59 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 20:21 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-24 20:41 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 21:01 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-24 21:23 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 21:35 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-25 22:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-04-25 3:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 16:47 ` Paul Eggert
2002-04-24 17:55 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 10:38 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 16:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 7:55 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 11:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 11:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-24 10:31 ` MIYASHITA Hisashi
2002-04-24 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 7:03 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2002-04-22 6:49 ` Keiichiro Nagano
2002-04-22 8:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-22 8:26 ` Keiichiro Nagano
2002-04-22 11:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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