Re: shell-command parameters

[Andreas Politz <politza@fh-trier.de>]

rustom wrote:
> On Jan 6, 7:29 pm, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> rustom wrote:
>>> But I still wonder what shell is running in windows emacs?
>> ,----[ C-h v shell-file-name RET ]
>> | shell-file-name is a variable defined in `src/callproc.c'.
>> | Its value is "/bin/bash"
> 
> 
> Thanks. Thats the variable I was looking for.
> It turns out to be /path/to/emacs/bin/cmdproxy.exe
> Changing it to c:/cygwin/bin/bash.exe makes it work as expected (by a
> unix user)
> 
> I wonder does emacs go out of its way to make life difficult for a
> windows user?  MS does a good job of this without help from emacs :-)
> I mean 'cmd' has one expected behavior; shell has another. Why make
> the 'shell' variable point to a cmd imitation?
> 
> (Sorry to grumble)
> 
> Is it possible to remember the calls to these shell calls (made with
> M-!) across emacs invocations -- the way bash remembers?

savehist-mode

?

-ap