From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15461: 24.3; exec-path on ms windows should contain current directory Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:48:43 +0300 Message-ID: <838uykhpgk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5242E42A.4050109@poczta.onet.pl> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380124156 23934 80.91.229.3 (25 Sep 2013 15:49:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:49:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15461@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jarek Czekalski Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 25 17:49:18 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrL4-0006CB-7k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:49:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53402 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrL3-00067B-Tj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:49:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41462) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrKu-00062t-3E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:49:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrKo-00059R-G5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:49:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55388) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrKo-00059E-DZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrKn-0003ED-QL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:49:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:49:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15461 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15461-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15461.138012411212373 (code B ref 15461); Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15461) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Sep 2013 15:48:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35447 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrKK-0003DT-Bg for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:48:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:48061) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VOrKH-0003DJ-Ba for 15461@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MTO00F00UB5S600@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 15461@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:48:27 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MTO00FP7UKRSZ00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:48:27 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <5242E42A.4050109@poczta.onet.pl> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:78735 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:24:58 +0200 > From: Jarek Czekalski > > To be consistent with the native shell on Microsoft Windows, > the exec-path should include current directory. In Emacs, every buffer has its own "current directory", the value of default-directory of that buffer. So you are in effect proposing to change exec-path whenever a buffer is switched, including temporary buffers used by Emacs under the hood and whatnot. OTOH, the current directory is always implicitly present, so while completion indeed doesn't happen, typing "M-! test.bat RET" _will_ in fact invoke the batch file. So I wonder what are the real-life use cases that motivated you to ask for this change. Is that only completion?