From ec12c6705f91106c4f4c53e76447dafa21e12f9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 19:21:08 +0300 Subject: Fix documentation of convert-standard-filename on MS-Windows * lisp/files.el (convert-standard-filename): Doc fix. (Bug#24387) * etc/NEWS: Suggest a way for mirroring slashes where previously 'convert-standard-filename' was used. --- etc/NEWS | 11 ++++++++++- lisp/files.el | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 79a476ca66..82eb2b8ef5 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -605,7 +605,16 @@ still apply.) ** 'convert-standard-filename' no longer mirrors slashes on MS-Windows. Previously, on MS-Windows this function converted slash characters in -file names into backslashes. It no longer does that. +file names into backslashes. It no longer does that. If your Lisp +program used 'convert-standard-filename' to prepare file names to be +passed to subprocesses (which is not the recommended usage of that +function), you will now have to mirror slashes in your application +code. One possible way is this: + + (let ((start 0)) + (while (string-match "/" file-name start) + (aset file-name (match-beginning 0) ?\\) + (setq start (match-end 0)))) ** GUI sessions now treat SIGINT like Posix platforms do. The effect of delivering a Ctrl-C (SIGINT) signal to a GUI Emacs on diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index ff39008cdb..4bd708deed 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -609,9 +609,7 @@ is a valid DOS file name, but c:/bar/c:/foo is not. This function's standard definition is trivial; it just returns the argument. However, on Windows and DOS, replace invalid characters. On DOS, make sure to obey the 8.3 limitations. -In the native Windows build, turn Cygwin names into native names, -and also turn slashes into backslashes if the shell requires it (see -`w32-shell-dos-semantics'). +In the native Windows build, turn Cygwin names into native names. See Info node `(elisp)Standard File Names' for more details." (cond -- cgit v1.2.3