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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 5bd0b11cda..b4542f65cc 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi @@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ converting user input in the minibuffer, a Lisp string, into a list of string arguments to be passed to @code{call-process} or @code{start-process}, or for converting such lists of arguments into a single Lisp string to be presented in the minibuffer or echo area. +Note that if a shell is involved (e.g., if using +@code{call-process-shell-command}), arguments should still be +protected by @code{shell-quote-argument}; +@code{combine-and-quote-strings} is @emph{not} intended to protect +special characters from shell evaluation. @defun split-string-and-unquote string &optional separators This function splits @var{string} into substrings at matches for the |