From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
Cc: 65308-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65308: (find-file) botches buffer-file-name in -batch mode
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:26:37 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83jztwa3uq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b73e40b25662f6a6738f1a7159e848475cec0f20.camel@yandex.ru> (message from Konstantin Kharlamov on Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:17:00 +0300)
> From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
> Cc: 65308@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:17:00 +0300
>
> On Tue, 2023-08-15 at 15:03 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > There's no bug here. To get what you want, run the command-line
> > arguments through expand-file-name _before_ calling find-file.
>
> Oh, okay, thank you, I see. I settled with calling a `(kill-buffer)`
> after `(save-buffer)`, which I guess works because each time the buffer
> is killed we get back to the *scratch* buffer that has the original
> "current directory".
Yes, that will work, as will using save-current-buffer etc. But
please note that relying on the default-directory of some random
buffer when using relative file names is always fraught with surprises
in Emacs, which is why I suggested to use expand-file-name instead.
Closing.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-15 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-15 11:25 bug#65308: (find-file) botches buffer-file-name in -batch mode Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-08-15 12:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-15 12:17 ` Konstantin Kharlamov
2023-08-15 12:26 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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