"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>> Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:
>>
>>> In the *IBuffer*, files in my home directory are displayed with names
>>> starting with ‘~’, but when I type % f ~ RET I get no matches. If I type
>>> instead % f /home/MYUSER RET then all files in my home directory are
>>> matched.
>>>
>>> I’m not convinced that the matches should be made in the second case,
>>> even; but certainly they _should_ be made in the first.
>>
>> The following patch fixes this by matching on the abbreviated file name
>> (which is what ibuffer uses to create the displayed file name).
>>
>> But I guess this could be a controversial change -- does anybody have an
>> objection to making this change?  
>>
>> diff --git a/lisp/ibuf-ext.el b/lisp/ibuf-ext.el
>> index 1b69574a39..06a2248d40 100644
>> --- a/lisp/ibuf-ext.el
>> +++ b/lisp/ibuf-ext.el
>> @@ -1846,7 +1846,8 @@ ibuffer-mark-by-file-name-regexp
>>  			  (stringp dired-directory)
>>  			  dired-directory)))))
>>  	 (when name
>> -	   (string-match regexp name))))))
>> +           ;; Match on the displayed file name (which is abbreviated).
>> +	   (string-match regexp (abbreviate-file-name name)))))))
>
> Any objections to this followup fix for master?

Or rather, the improved patch attached.

-- 
Basil