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From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Cc: 13511-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13511: 24.3.50; C-x C-f M-n does not produce buffer filename
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:19:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <579325A0-C46D-4C28-BBB0-00A0FF2E34D7@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <829D340A-7BA0-453A-993F-2829074E0D63@swipnet.se>

Closing, customize file-name-at-point-functions solves the problem.

	Jan D.

21 jan 2013 kl. 18:18 skrev Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>:

> Hello.
> 
> 21 jan 2013 kl. 11:50 skrev Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>:
> 
>>> The current filename for the buffer is not inserted into the minibuffer.
>>> You have to press M-n a second time to get ~/tst.txt.
>>> 
>>> Sometimes, given more content in the file, the minibuffer shows
>>> ~/images/about.bmp.  I haven't been able to narrow this down to a
>>> minimal test case.
>>> 
>>> I was under the impression that C-x C-f M-n should always give the
>>> filename of the current buffer.
>> 
>> Since ffap doesn't do what you expect, perhaps `C-x C-f M-n' should
>> give the filename of the current buffer, and second M-n to guess
>> the filename under cursor using ffap, i.e. to exchange these suggestions
>> from their current default values.
>> 
>> Or ffap could be improved to better guess the filename under cursor.
>> Currently it checks whether the file under cursor exists, and
>> if it doesn't exist it gives the current directory (because of `.'
>> at the beginning of nonexistent ./images/about.bmp).  Maybe it should not
>> check the existence of the file and give just ./images/about.bmp
>> for `C-x C-f M-n'?
> 
> I didn't know ffap was involved.  I'm content to customize file-name-at-point-functions, as I can't imagine when I would wan't ffap.  It really doesn't work well, I also got "Stack overflow in regexp matcher" a few times.  Hard to reproduce though.
> 
> I would expect if ffap can't produce a file that exists, or an error occurs, it should produce the current buffer filename.
> 
> 	Jan D.
> 






      reply	other threads:[~2013-01-21 17:19 UTC|newest]

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2013-01-21 10:00 ` bug#13511: 24.3.50; C-x C-f M-n does not produce buffer filename Jan Djärv
2013-01-21 10:50   ` Juri Linkov
2013-01-21 17:18     ` Jan Djärv
2013-01-21 17:19       ` Jan Djärv [this message]

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