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Article #98843find file bug(s)
From: Mike Newton
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 03:37
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 03:37
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Here are two more find file bugs. Note that I use Epoch (~= 18.52),
but that they probably still exist (I'm pretty sure 18.55 had them)...
#1: emacs cannot read files that start with '~' without hassle:
In a shell window do: 'touch ~spam'
From within emacs try to read ~spam (in cur directory):
^x^f~spam --> no such user
^x^f\~spam --> creates '\~spam' (6 characters)
#2: completion code is obnoxious when files share common prefix
and contain '-' and '.' :
touch spam-a1
touch spam.a2
^x^fspam<space>
causes spam-a1 to be found and spam.a2 ignored. I've found
an ugly fix (this is not at the lisp level, but at the C level),
but do not like it much.
Lost in time and space,
- mike
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,335479443f279bef,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-02-18 19:37:41 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unreplyable!garbage From: newton@GUMBY.CS.CALTECH.EDU (Mike Newton) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: find file bug(s) Keywords: find file, emacs, gnu, purple hippos Message-ID: <newton.666934661@gumby> Date: 19 Feb 91 03:37:41 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 23 Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu