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find file bug(s)

#98843
From: Mike Newton
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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