Re: file name Completion in Shell (cmd.exe) on Emacs (MS Windows)

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Sandip Chitale said the following on 7/21/2004 7:47 PM:
> However, the code in shell-mode (shell.el) does not seem to *correctly*
> switch the notion of default-directory for the *shell* buffer when drive
> switching command is issued (well, it attempts to deal with the issue but
> defun cd in files.el seems to have a bug (related to filename-abosolute-p
> predicate) which prevents this from working).
>
> The file completion works relative to default-directory of the buffer. Thus
> the file completions I get are not relative to the new drive and hence new
> current directory.

Here is what I have on

GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) of 2003-03-28 on buffy

using M-x eshell RET:

Welcome to the Emacs shell

c:/windows $ e:
e:/Work/mpm4bv $ cd ..
e:/Work $ c:
c:/windows $ e:
e:/Work $ c:
c:/windows $ e:
e:/Work $ cd mpm4bv/
e:/Work/mpm4bv $ c:
c:/windows $ cd WinSxS/
c:/windows/WinSxS $

File name completion works fine with eshell-mode, but not with 
shell-mode as you have pointed out. Personally I have quit using 
shell-mode long time ago, because eshell-mode seemed to respond faster 
to commands like C-c C-c than shell-mode. I probably had a couple of 
other reasons, which I do not remember well now.

I suggest you use eshell-mode unless you have time to fix (all the 
problems with) shell-mode.

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