> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:35:16 +0000 > From: <d...@austin.rr.com> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> > > Normally the presence of quotes does no harm.
It does do harm when the quotes are passed verbatim to an API that invokes programs and expects a file name. File names on Windows cannot include quote characters. > I am sure it would be possible to make emacsclient more robust in this > situation. It's possible, but I don't think it's a good idea, because it will facilitate proliferation of incorrect settings. And who knows what that means in terms of security and privacy.
