Re: Lisp code to expand /~ and // but not env vars?

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Can anyone suggest a way to do this /~ and // conversion in Lisp?

double the dollar signs in the arg to `substitute-in-file-name'.
something like:

given-input => "def/~/abc/$HOME"

(double-dollar-signs given-input) => "def/~/abc/$$HOME"

(substitute-in-file-name 
  (double-dollar-signs given-input)) => "~/abc/$HOME"

you can write `double-dollar-signs' in various ways...

thi