bug#8027: Default value for shell-delimiter-argument-list

[jemarch@gnu.org (Jose E. Marchesi)]

[ resent from 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-06/msg00392.html ]

Hi.

Today I tried to cd into a directory named "Introduction & motivation/"
while in shell-mode, by typing I and then TAB.  To my surprise the
resulting expanded and quoted name was "Introduction\\ &\\ motivation"
instead of "Inroduction\\ \\&\\ motivation".

Unfortunately I only realized what was going on after hitting RET and
having bash trying to execute the command "motivation".

Seems that the default value of shell-delimiter-argument-list was
changed to nil as a way to fix bug #8027 [1].  As a consequence the
expanded filenames in shell-mode are not safe to be included in a
command line.

Is that a definitive fix or just a workaround until a better solution is
found for the problem with the !! completion?

[1] http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8027

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