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I'm using Linux and I'm trying to tramp into a Windows machine. I'm trying to set the remote-shell option of tramp because tramp's default of /bin/sh doesn't work for a Windows remote host. I'd like to set tramps remote shell to:

C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe

I've tried to add this to /home/username/.emacs:

(require 'tramp)
(add-to-list 'tramp-connection-properties
    (list (regexp-quote "/sshx:myusername@mywindowshost:")
        "remote-shell" "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe"))

I've also tried every way I could find or imagine to escape this space in the middle, and the slashes also. In the end that path is never understood.

I don't know anything about Emacs Lisp. I thought it would escape slashes like most other languages.

I can change the default shell of OpenSSH on Windows. I've set it to use cmd, powershell, or "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe". They all work for connecting via ssh. Unfortunately tramp insists on using /bin/sh instead of the default. And no matter the OpenSSH shell set, the string with the space in the middle of "Program Files" is never understood like intended.

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    It looks like you've asked 3 questions that are very similar, if not perhaps even the same. You show the same code in each. If you are evolving a single question, please don't do that by adding additional questions. Just edit an existing question. If you've created what are essentially duplicates then please delete all that are dups. Thx.
    – Drew
    Commented May 22, 2023 at 2:07
  • The first question was about what file to edit to affect the configuration of tramp: the question can be useful to people whatever they're trying to do with tramp. Hence I put it in its own topic. This question is about specifying a remote shell that contains a space. This is a very different and narrow question that is about tramp and possibly the way strings work with elisp. The other question asks if it's possible to use a language server for eglot on a remote machine. There might be limitation to how eglot can be used and I inquired about that.
    – John Smith Optional
    Commented May 22, 2023 at 15:31
  • Putting each of these very different questions in their own respective threads makes it easier for users in the future that will encounter, probably one, but probably not 3 of the interrogations combined, to find the solution they're looking for.
    – John Smith Optional
    Commented May 22, 2023 at 15:33
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    Yes, separate posts is the right thing for different questions. (I wasn't sure how different they were. Sorry for the noise.
    – Drew
    Commented May 22, 2023 at 21:25

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