bug#34330: 27.0.50; shell auto-complete cannot handle special characters

[Alex Branham]

tags 34330 + patch
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On Tue 05 Feb 2019 at 13:48, Tadeus Prastowo <tadeus.prastowo@unitn.it> wrote:

> M-x shell<enter>
> mkdir -p /tmp/A\ \&\ B/ABC<enter>
> cd /tmp/A<tab>
> cd /tmp/A\ \&\ B/ # auto-complete successful
> cd /tmp/A\ \&\ B/A<tab> # cannot auto-complete to ABC

This happens because `pcomplete-completions-at-point' comes before the
shell and comint filename completion in
`shell-dynamic-complete-functions'. I propose moving it to the end. This
has already been the source of a previous bug report (bug#10417). Patch 
attached.

Thanks,
Alex