emacs windows find file slash backslash both in the path

Question

When I use c-x c-f to find a file in emacs windows, the mini-buffer shows:

Find file: D\Workspace\emacs/

I have set the start in directory to "D\Workspace\emacs" for windows emacs app exe shortcut. Though this does not affect my work. But both slash and backslash in the path looks ugly.

How can I avoid this?

Does http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60464/changing-the-default-folder-in-emacs help? — Tobias, Jan 16 '14 at 11:22
You could always try `ido-mode`. It converts everything to forward slashes. — D Krueger, Jan 17 '14 at 22:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '14 at 08:40

The following code in your configuration should help:

(dolist (b (buffer-list))
  (with-current-buffer b
    (when default-directory
      (subst-char-in-string ?\\ ?/ default-directory 'inplace))))
(when (default-value 'default-directory)
  (subst-char-in-string ?\\ ?/ (default-value 'default-directory) 'inplace))

emacs windows find file slash backslash both in the path

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