From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: Guillaume Salagnac <guillaume.salagnac@gmail.com>, 28513@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28513: 25.1; ido insists on guessing the wrong directory
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:42:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871rfs1gqt.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b00c2b29-b8e8-d2a0-6963-00b5443c3c27@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Mon, 14 Dec 2020 04:24:00 +0200")
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Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:
> On 13.12.2020 15:12, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>> So... this is apparently a feature? Hitting `C-f' disables ido and
>> calls the fallback command, which is `write-region' in this case.
> ^ write-file, right?
Yup.
> Okay, but why does the fallback command end up trying to overwrite the
> original file, even though, in your scenario, input ends with /vc/?
In essence, it's doing this (if we say we've navigated to "/tmp/" before
`C-f'):
(let ((default-directory "/tmp/"))
(call-interactively 'write-file))
This gives you a prompt of
Write file: /tmp/
If you then hit RET, then:
[-- Attachment #2: Type: image/png, Size: 12708 bytes --]
[-- Attachment #3: Type: text/plain, Size: 816 bytes --]
That is, hitting RET in the `write-file' dialogue gives you
buffer-file-name, and ignores whatever is in the prompt. This seems
contrary to what the doc string says:
---
Interactively, prompt for FILENAME.
If you specify just a directory name as FILENAME, that means to write
to a file in that directory. In this case, the base name of the file
is the same as that of the file visited in the buffer, or the buffer
name sans leading directories, if any, if the buffer is not already
visiting a file.
---
So this isn't an ido problem at all -- it's a bug in `write-file'? Or
rather...
(let ((default-directory "/tmp/")) (read-file-name "Foo: "))
If you just hit RET there, it'll return `buffer-file-name'.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-14 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-19 15:03 bug#28513: 25.1; ido insists on guessing the wrong directory Guillaume Salagnac
2020-12-12 12:10 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-13 1:11 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-12-13 13:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-14 2:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-12-14 16:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-12-15 2:23 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-12-15 6:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-17 11:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-17 11:54 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-01-01 21:51 ` bug#28513: Ryan C. Thompson
2021-01-10 23:07 ` bug#19412: bug#28513 Ryan C. Thompson
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