From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Lachlan Deck <lachlan.deck@gmail.com>
Cc: 10102@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10102: emacs 24 read-file-name bug?
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:33:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lhxrzpfw.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BC870352-1205-4689-A5F8-2B422BF681E9@gmail.com> (Lachlan Deck's message of "Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:59:11 +1100")
Lachlan Deck <lachlan.deck@gmail.com> writes:
> In emacs 24 the following 'message' produces the empty string if you just hit enter at the mini-buffer prompt. In emacs 23, the 'guess' variable is printed as expected.
>
> Is this a known bug?
>
> (let* ((default-directory "~/path/to/project/")
> (guess (concat default-directory ".foo"))
> (file (read-file-name
> "Foo: "
> (file-name-directory guess)
> guess
> nil
> (file-name-nondirectory guess)
> )))
>
> (message file))
Are you still seeing this problem in Emacs 24.3?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-04 0:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-22 3:59 bug#10102: emacs 24 read-file-name bug? Lachlan Deck
2011-11-22 4:33 ` Glenn Morris
2011-11-22 4:43 ` Lachlan Deck
2011-11-23 18:24 ` Glenn Morris
2014-02-04 0:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-02-04 19:53 ` Lachlan Deck
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