(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook
'(lambda () (setq comint-completion-addsuffix '("\\" . " "))))
-;;; Avoid creating auto-save file names containing invalid characters
-;;; (primarily "*", eg. for the *mail* buffer).
+;; Avoid creating auto-save file names containing invalid characters.
(fset 'original-make-auto-save-file-name
(symbol-function 'make-auto-save-file-name))
See also `auto-save-file-name-p'."
(let ((name (original-make-auto-save-file-name))
(start 0))
- ;; destructively replace occurences of * or ? with $
- (while (string-match "[?*]" name start)
+ ;; Skip drive letter if present.
+ (if (string-match "^[\/]?[a-zA-`]:" name)
+ (setq start (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0))))
+ ;; Destructively replace occurrences of *?"<>|: with $
+ (while (string-match "[?*\"<>|:]" name start)
(aset name (match-beginning 0) ?$)
(setq start (1+ (match-end 0))))
name))