|--==> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: SJT> Deleting XEmacs patches from the discussion. SY> So I'll say it again. This works fine, but what happens if SY> the user has set 'shell-file-name' and/or SY> 'shell-command-switch' to something other than the default? SJT> That's the user's problem, of course. We should make sure that SJT> defaults for 'shell-file-name' and 'shell-command-switch' are sensible SJT> on each platform (ie, "/bin/sh" and "-c" resp on Unix). On my Linux SJT> box it's "/bin/bash" which I guess is harmless (although it encourages SJT> people to use bash-isms in generic code). Yeah, I think on a lot of GNU/Linux systems '/bin/sh' is a symlink to '/bin/bash' (it is on a Slackware system). SJT> The docstring should warn the user that use of non-default values can SJT> cause problems, Adrian, do that and I'll promote your patch to "APPROVE". Good idea, Steve T, I should have thought of that. :-) -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|