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bug#37883: 27.0.50; read-file-name: Scrambled INITIAL
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Michael Heerdegen |
Subject: |
bug#37883: 27.0.50; read-file-name: Scrambled INITIAL |
Date: |
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:53:15 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> The docstring of `read-file-name' says
>
> If DEFAULT-FILENAME is omitted or nil, then if INITIAL is non-nil, the
> default is DIR combined with INITIAL
But I'm talking about the initial minibuffer contents, not the default.
Is it due to historic reasons that the initial contents resemble this
default?
What you cite also doesn't explain why this combination happens in the
way it does. The doubled ~/ seems not useful, and the /: is...some
Tramp thing?
Michael.
bug#37883: 27.0.50; read-file-name: Scrambled INITIAL, Michael Heerdegen, 2019/10/23