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bug#40949: 26.3; substitute-env-in-file-name: Undefined variables not su
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#40949: 26.3; substitute-env-in-file-name: Undefined variables not substituted |
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Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:15:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Marcus Harnisch <marcus.harnisch@gmx.net> writes:
>> Whether Emacs should follow what the shell does is a separate issue.
>> In this case, since we use this function in substitute-in-file-name,
>> what it does should serve what substitute-in-file-name was always
>> doing: it left the $foo constructs unaltered.
> It is probably moot to argue against long-standing practice, but the
> behaviour could perhaps benefit from a note in docstrings of functions
> that rely on `s-e-i-f-n'.
Makes sense -- it is somewhat surprising behaviour, so I've now done
this in Emacs 28 for substitute-in-file-name.
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