bug#3522: Tab doesnt automatically correct dir names during Find-file

bug#3522: Tab doesnt automatically correct dir names during Find-file

[Mukesh Gupta]

i've recently (9th June 2009) installed Emacs 22.3.1

When i use C-x-f (find-file) command and try to complete a unique directory name
(say ~/Txt) by giving (~/tx) and then pressing TAB, it doesnt correct
(and complete) the case from 'tx' to 'Txt' although this is the only directory.

This is working perfectly in preinstalled (/usr/bin) Emacs 21.3.1.
% uname -a
Linux inndesk158 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 7 13:56:44 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# My Invocation command is:
~/etc.linux.gcc346_64/bin/emacs --no-init-file


In GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2009-06-10 on inndesk158
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.60802000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/home/mukeshg/etc.linux.gcc346_64''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <S-right> C-x C-f <M-backspace> 
t x <tab> <tab> <tab> C-g M-x r e p <tab> o r <tab> 
<return>

Recent messages:
("/home/mukeshg/etc.linux.gcc346_64/bin/emacs" "--no-init-file")
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bug#3522: Acknowledgement (Tab doesnt automatically correct dir names during Find-file)

[Mukesh Gupta]

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Hi

i knew that something is amiss but i didnt know what.
Ok, #3522 is not a bug but (as is mostly the case with supposed bugs) a 
variable that was not set.

my default emacs (21.3.1) works fine with this variable.
*(setq completion-ignore-case t) ;; find-file converts ~/tx to ~/Txt on 
pressing tab

*But for emacs 22.3.1, this setting is required.
*(setq read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t) ;; For Emacs 22.3, it is 
reqd.*

Did i tell you that the new GUD is simply GREAT!!

Thanks for everything.
mukesh

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From: Mukesh Gupta <mukeshg@inn.mentorg.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Tab doesnt automatically correct dir names during Find-file
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:52:04 +0530
Message-ID: <200906101422.n5AEM4Wd012238@inndesk158.inn.mentorg.com>

i've recently (9th June 2009) installed Emacs 22.3.1

When i use C-x-f (find-file) command and try to complete a unique directory name
(say ~/Txt) by giving (~/tx) and then pressing TAB, it doesnt correct
(and complete) the case from 'tx' to 'Txt' although this is the only directory.

This is working perfectly in preinstalled (/usr/bin) Emacs 21.3.1.
% uname -a
Linux inndesk158 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 7 13:56:44 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# My Invocation command is:
~/etc.linux.gcc346_64/bin/emacs --no-init-file


In GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2009-06-10 on inndesk158
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.60802000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/home/mukeshg/etc.linux.gcc346_64''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> <S-right> C-x C-f <M-backspace> 
t x <tab> <tab> <tab> C-g M-x r e p <tab> o r <tab> 
<return>

Recent messages:
("/home/mukeshg/etc.linux.gcc346_64/bin/emacs" "--no-init-file")
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 3522-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#3522: Tab doesnt automatically correct dir names during Find-file
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:05:15 -0400
Message-ID: <l63evh85w.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org>

Mukesh Gupta wrote:

> *(setq completion-ignore-case t) ;; find-file converts ~/tx to ~/Txt on 
> pressing tab
>
> *But for emacs 22.3.1, this setting is required.
> *(setq read-file-name-completion-ignore-case t) ;; For Emacs 22.3, it is 
> reqd.*

Yes. Thanks for posting the solution.