From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4050: 23.1.50; iswitchb virtual buffers don't play well with symlinks Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:23:03 -0400 Message-ID: <87iqfmmw60.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 4050@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252873666 19416 80.91.229.12 (13 Sep 2009 20:27:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tassilo Horn , 4050@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Stephen Eglen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 13 22:27:39 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mmvfd-0003YB-7d for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:27:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46977 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmvfc-0002Gr-LZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmvfD-00029Q-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmvf7-00028d-O9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52531 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mmvf7-00028X-Ik for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:44205) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mmvf7-0004GX-0u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8DKQxnu030197; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:27:00 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8DKPLvw029929; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:25:21 -0700 Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:25:21 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:25:20 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4050 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4050-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4050.125287329929170 (code B ref 4050); Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:25:20 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4050) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 13 Sep 2009 20:21:39 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8DKLbBr029167 for <4050@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:21:38 -0700 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0646E57E26C; Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:23:04 -0400 (EDT) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:27:10 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:31051 Archived-At: Hi Stephen, Could you take a look at this bug report? Thanks. Tassilo Horn wrote: > I use iswitchb and the virtual buffer feature > (iswitchb-use-virtual-buffers set to t). It's a great feature, but it > doesn't play well with symlinks. > I keep all my config files in a git repository. For example, my > ~/.emacs is a symlink to ~/repos/configs/dot-emacs.el. Now I fire up > iswithb and type ".emacs". There's no such buffer, so it shows the > virtual buffer ".emacs" and I hit RET. > Now I'm queried: > Symbolic link to Git-controlled source file; follow link? (y or n) > That's ok, and I say yes. The echo area says: > Followed link to /home/horn/repos/configs/dot-emacs.el > Also, the file is opened, and a buffer dot-emacs.el exists now. But > then I get another query: > No buffer matching `.emacs', create one? (y or n) > When I say yes, an empty .emacs buffer is created. When I say no, no > new buffer is created, but I stay in the buffer I invoked iswitchb > from. The dot-emacs.el buffer is open, but not switched to.