From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Politz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25807: 24.5; List-Directory closes with error when invalid path is typed instead of prompting the user to fix it Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:28:18 +0100 Message-ID: <871stldulp.fsf@luca> References: <83mvdbsmi6.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490470154 531 195.159.176.226 (25 Mar 2017 19:29:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:29:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 25807@debbugs.gnu.org, Colin To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 25 20:29:08 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crrN3-0007kn-Ec for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:29:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38402 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crrN9-00072b-GJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:29:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51091) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crrN3-00072U-Ju for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crrN0-0002Nj-Gz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:29:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46421) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crrN0-0002Nb-Dv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:29:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crrN0-0004nn-12 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:29:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Politz Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25807 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25807-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25807.149047012018428 (code B ref 25807); Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25807) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2017 19:28:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44620 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crrMe-0004nA-G5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:28:40 -0400 Original-Received: from gateway-a.fh-trier.de ([143.93.54.181]:44566) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crrMc-0004mv-CH for 25807@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:28:39 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-new + McAfee uvscan + ClamAV [Rechenzentrum Hochschule Trier (RZ/HT)] Original-Received: from localhost (ip5f5bdecf.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de [95.91.222.207]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: politza) by gateway-a.fh-trier.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 57E8F179B2D2; Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:28:19 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple/simple; d=hochschule-trier.de; s=default; t=1490470099; bh=BBa5NDasz8z2wmFpK3ltNb/Y2Q0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=bX6ir89yFF52IY9JzhuUeFSpHnXxK5Urghz0cpAQIwCQ9cXPNoSf2Rl7swSMHi8V1 JHmwJdUeGlnCYAy42ceaTlFgSm7YS1DopmAHxEj5Bg8iOAEFPDqr6pIP0Nz3u2oTc3 qlzK6H2CS9CCn7759ts2mfPHnzR1/II//MHtm2Ic= In-Reply-To: <83mvdbsmi6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:15:45 +0200") 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:130954 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > [...] We are looking for a way to reject non-existing directories, but > accept existing ones and wildcards, when the user types RET in these > cases. I think in order to do that we would have to figure out whether a given filename expands to some existing filenames or not, and this also for handled ones. The last part of which seems to be difficult. A more simpler and less general approach would be the addition of a user-option, i.e. list-directory-use-wildcards. -ap