From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24057: 25.1.50; ffap interprets comments beginning with "//" as file path Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 21:20:42 +0300 Message-ID: <837fccusg5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83lh0sx0yf.fsf@gnu.org> <83shv0v716.fsf@gnu.org> <83poq4v4jk.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1469298092 29915 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2016 18:21:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 18:21:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24057@debbugs.gnu.org, kaushal.modi@gmail.com To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 23 20:21:21 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Y5-0000vI-6k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 20:21:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53246 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Y4-00042S-Gh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:21:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51888) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Xw-00042M-MI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:21:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Xq-0006TB-NN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:21:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:51036) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Xq-0006T7-JG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Xq-0005ix-FQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:21:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 18:21:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24057 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24057-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24057.146929805121963 (code B ref 24057); Sat, 23 Jul 2016 18:21:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24057) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2016 18:20:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35140 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Xe-0005iB-S7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:20:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60852) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1Xc-0005hx-Po for 24057@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:20:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1XS-0006NY-Mn for 24057@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:20:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1XS-0006NP-J7; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:20:38 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2909 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bR1XQ-0000NB-A6; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:20:37 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Noam Postavsky on Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:02:36 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:121469 Archived-At: > From: Noam Postavsky > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:02:36 -0400 > Cc: Kaushal Modi , 24057@debbugs.gnu.org > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> Did you try this on some system where "//tmp" is a valid file name, > >> which is different from "/tmp"? > > You need to be on a system that supports that. Windows is one of > > them; not sure if there are any others left nowadays. > > How does it work? > > C:\Users\npostavs>echo foo > //tmp > The specified path is invalid. > > In Emacs: > > Saving file //tmp... > Directory `//' does not exist; create? (y or n) y > basic-save-buffer-2: //: no such directory > > This is on a newly-upgraded-to-Windows-10 box, Emacs 24.5 It's a UNC notation. Normally used for network shares. If you want to use this locally, you will need to create a share first. Valid UNC file/directory names look like //machine/share.