Re: address@hidden: Re: comint's directory tracking doesn't understand \( or \)]

[Miles Bader]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> Maybe the directory tracker should check whether the directory it is
> thinking of exists, and use `dirs' alias `shell-resync-dirs'
> automatically if it finds that it doesn't.

In general that sort of thing is simply too dangerous -- comint has no
idea when it's safe to use `dirs', because it doesn't know the state of
the child process.

> I think it currently instead just stays where it was previously.
> Which rarely is helpful.

Maybe not, but there doesn't seem much choice.

-Miles

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