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bug#14175: 24.3.50; Bad completion behavior with read-file-name-completi
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#14175: 24.3.50; Bad completion behavior with read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 03:03:44 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> (setq read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t
> completion-auto-help t)
>
> In my "~/", I have, among other files,
>
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 micha micha 9 Feb 3 20:00 download -> Downloads
> drwxr-xr-x 11 micha micha 4,0K Apr 9 15:40 Downloads
>
> I hit C-x d ~/Down TAB
>
> Emacs completes the minibuffer to
>
> ~/Download
>
> Since this is no valid completion, it should pop up *Completions*, but
> it doesn't (first issue). I hit TAB a second time. I get this in
> *Completions*:
>
> Click <mouse-2> on a completion to select it.
> In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
>
> Possible completions are:
> Download/
> Downloads/
>
> It doesn't offer "download". If I click on "Download/", I get the
> message
>
> `mouse-choose-completion' is an obsolete command (as of 23.2); use
> `choose-completion' instead.
>
> (second issue)
>
> Then it completes the minibuffer content to "~/Download/". But this
> doesn't exist (third and major issue). I get an error when hitting RET
> (of course).
I can't reproduce either of these issues in Emacs 28. Are you still
seeing this in recent Emacs versions?
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