From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: DIRED-GET-MARKED-FILES fails mysteriously Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:05:34 +0200 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87irtrg0pd.fsf@jurta.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1134594218 8637 80.91.229.2 (14 Dec 2005 21:03:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:03:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 14 22:03:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Emdj4-0000bs-W9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:59:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Emdjf-0000HZ-Rr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:00:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmaFQ-0004NQ-G4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:17:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EmaFM-0004ME-DK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:16:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EmaFK-0004Lq-Ro for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:16:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [194.126.101.111] (helo=mail.neti.ee) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EmaHQ-000688-To for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:19:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.neti.ee (80-235-33-164-dsl.mus.estpak.ee [80.235.33.164]) by Relayhost1.neti.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id E804C18C7; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:16:04 +0200 (EET) Original-To: Alain.Picard@memetrics.com In-Reply-To: (Alain Picard's message of "Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:37:04 +1100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) (Debian) at neti.ee 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:14640 Archived-At: > In GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) > of 2005-03-18 on trouble, modified by Debian > Perform the following, in a shell: > > % mkdir /tmp/Foo > % mkdir "/tmp/Apr 26 2004 (Camcorder)" Do you mean: % mkdir "/tmp/Foo/Apr 26 2004 (Camcorder)" > In emacs, bring up dired on Foo; C-x d "/tmp/Foo" > Mark the directory called "/tmp/Apr 26 2004 (Camcorder)" > M-: (dired-get-marked-files) > > ("/tmp/Foo/(Camcorder)") > > is what gets displayed in the echo area. > ("/tmp/Foo/Apr 26 2004 (Camcorder)") is the expected response. This works correctly in the development version of Emacs (if `ls' supports the `--dired' option). Please either use Emacs from CVS or wait for the soon-to-be-released next version. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/