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bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>
From: |
Stephen Berman |
Subject: |
bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name> |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:31:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 21:02:11 -0400 Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 21:19:36 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
>>>> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 19:55:18 +0200
>>>>
>>>> 0. emacs -Q
>>>> 1. C-x d / ~ TAB
>>>> This pops up a *Completions* buffer showing directory names of all
>>>> members of (system-users), e.g. steve/
>>>> 2. Continuing from step 1, when I type any of 's TAB', 'st TAB', 'ste
>>>> TAB' or 'stev TAB', Emacs responds with [No match], but 'steve TAB'
>>>> completes to steve/
>>>>
>>>> The failure only happens with '/~<partial-name>', typing e.g. '~/Downl
>>>> TAB' here completes to ~/Downloads/
>>>
>>> Doesn't happen here, FWIW. Strange.
>>
>> Strange indeed, assuming you tested on GNU/Linux or another POSIX
>> system, since IIUC on MS-Windows system-users returns only
>> user-real-login-name (at least it does here on Emacs 25.3 under Windows
>> 8). I also tested on another GNU/Linux system I have with Emacs 24.3
>> and see exactly the same behavior I described above.
>
> I see it on both Windows and GNU/Linux.
Like Eli, I'm surprised you see it on Windows.
> I notice that the after typing
> the first letter of the user name, the leading "/" is no longer in
> shadow face,
Yes, I didn't notice that when I tested before but I do now.
> i.e., Emacs is looking for a directory starting with "~"
> under the root directory.
I suppose so, though it's still surprising that it only completes to
/~steve/ when typing /~steve, not /~stev. Note that (at least here)
'/home/stev TAB' also completes to /home/steve/.
Steve Berman
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Stephen Berman, 2018/07/19
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/19
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Stephen Berman, 2018/07/19
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/19
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>,
Stephen Berman <=
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Stephen Berman, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Stephen Berman, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Stephen Berman, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Stephen Berman, 2018/07/20
- bug#32215: 27.0.50; Minibuffer completion fails with /~<partial-name>, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/20