1. For fns like comint-postoutput-scroll-to-bottom on comint-output-filter-functions, don't count back using the length of STRING, as previous fns may have changed the buffer. Count from process-mark. 2. Don't bind file-name-handler-alist, it can break dir tracking. 3. Expand ^ in input only at boi. 4. Use new comint-file-name-regexp as source of valid chars in filenames.