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Re: [h-e-w] problem with dired and "start" command


From: Stephen Leake
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] problem with dired and "start" command
Date: 27 Feb 2003 12:51:12 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2

Benjamin Riefenstahl <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> 
> Michael W Daniels <address@hidden> writes:
> > emacs puts the filename in quotation marks when constructing the
> > shell command. In other words, hitting "X" and then typing "start"
> > while file.txt is selected yields the command line
> > 
> > start "file.txt"
> > 
> > What do I need to change so that it generates
> > 
> > start file.txt
> 
> Give the beast what it wants, type 'start ""' instead. 

He meant `start "" "file.txt"'


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-- Stephe





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