From e7cfa73fc0f3fb7c8e23967189f69f8798453d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Heuer Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 04:17:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (comint-arguments): Handle \ followed by space or tab. --- lisp/comint.el | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el index a8019f8ee31..5292c09bf66 100644 --- a/lisp/comint.el +++ b/lisp/comint.el @@ -1182,7 +1182,8 @@ Quotes are single and double." "Return from STRING the NTH to MTH arguments. NTH and/or MTH can be nil, which means the last argument. Returned arguments are separated by single spaces. -We assume whitespace separates arguments, except within quotes. +We assume whitespace separates arguments, except within quotes +and except for a space or tab that immediately follows a backslash. Also, a run of one or more of a single character in `comint-delimiter-argument-list' is a separate argument. Argument 0 is the command name." @@ -1195,7 +1196,7 @@ Argument 0 is the command name." (let* ((first (if (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt) (w32-shell-dos-semantics)) "[^ \n\t\"'`]+\\|" - "[^ \n\t\"'`\\]+\\|\\\\[\"'`\\]+\\|")) + "[^ \n\t\"'`\\]+\\|\\\\[\"'`\\ \t]+\\|")) (argpart (concat first "\\(\"\\([^\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\)*\"\\|\ '[^']*'\\|\ -- 2.39.5