Variable: ediff-metachars

ediff-metachars is a customizable variable defined in ediff-init.el.gz.

Value

"[      \n!\"#$&'()*;<=>?[\\^`{|~]"

Documentation

Regexp matching characters that must be quoted with \ in shell command line.

This default should work without changes.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/vc/ediff-init.el.gz
;; Metacharacters that have to be protected from the shell when executing
;; a diff/diff3 command.
(defcustom ediff-metachars "[ \t\n!\"#$&'()*;<=>?[\\^`{|~]"
  "Regexp matching characters that must be quoted with `\\' in shell command line.
This default should work without changes."
  :type 'regexp
  :group 'ediff)