[debbugs-tracker] bug#12838: closed (pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with "Text is read-only")

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> pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with "Text is read-only"
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> Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:44:48 +0200
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> mu4e 0.9.9.5-dev3; emacs 24.2.50.1
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> Package: Emacs
> Version: 24.2
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> Reproducing:
> + Start emacs with "emacs -Q"
> + Start eshell with M-x eshell
> + Ignore case in eshell completion with M-x set-variable -> 
> eshell-cmpl-ignore-case -> t
> + Exit eshell with the command "exit"
> + Restart eshell with M-x eshell
> + Create a file in your home directory with the command "touch ~/foo"
> + Try to complete said file (in eshell) by typing "cat ~/f" and pressing TAB
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> Result: No completion is done, message "Text is read-only" appears.
> Expected result: "cat ~/foo" appears on screen.
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> Workaround: Add the following to your init file:
> (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook (lambda () (setq pcomplete-expand-before-complete 
> t)))
> This results in the ~ being expanded (removed) from the path before completing, 
> thus circumventing the issue.
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> To my knowledge, this bug exists on Linux and Mac, Emacs 24.2 and the 
> repository.
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> Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:22:58 -0500
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> > I installed a workaround in emacs-24 for eshell.
> > Hopefully someone will fix it properly at some point.
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> Thanks.  The completion-at-point version of pcomplete works here, so
> I installed a different workaround, and the "fix it properly" will be to
> move to completion-at-point.
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>         Stefan
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