Re: shell-command in Windows 7

[John Mastro]

42 147 <aeuster@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's also much faster. Zero launch lag.
>
> Is this better because it is based on newer Emacs, or is it just
> better? What was wrong with the old code?

I don't really know but there's a good chance someone who does will
chime in. I use a Windows desktop at work by necessity, but I basically
install Emacs and Cygwin and then try to pretend it's a Unix :)

As far as I know, `w32-shell-execute' (the Emacs primitive used by the
code I suggested) longstanding. My impression is that it's just not as
widely known as `shell-command', `call-process', etc., because many
(most?) people writing tutorials and such are on some variety of
Unix-like system (mostly GNU/Linux or MacOS).

> Anyway, much thanks.

You're welcome - glad it helped

        John