bug#2862: 23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash

bug#2862: 23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash

[Oscar Fuentes]

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org mailing list.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Dired can't visit a file with a backslash on its name (such as
\foo). Those files are displayed with a double backslash. If the user
presses `v' (for viewing) of `f' (for visiting) the file, an error
message is displayed:

dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type `g' to update dired buffer


If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
/usr/local/share/emacs/23.0.90/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.90.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4)
 of 2009-02-14 on qcore
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10502000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  iswitchb-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

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<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
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<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
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bug#2862: 23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash

[Chong Yidong]

> Dired can't visit a file with a backslash on its name (such as
> \foo). Those files are displayed with a double backslash. If the user
> presses `v' (for viewing) of `f' (for visiting) the file, an error
> message is displayed:

> dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type `g' to update
> dired buffer

I've checked in a fix.  Thanks.

bug#2862: 23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash

[Óscar Fuentes]

Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:

>> Dired can't visit a file with a backslash on its name (such as
>> \foo). Those files are displayed with a double backslash. If the user
>> presses `v' (for viewing) of `f' (for visiting) the file, an error
>> message is displayed:
>
>> dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type `g' to update
>> dired buffer
>
> I've checked in a fix.  Thanks.

Thanks for fixing the bug that was preventing visiting the file.

Is it correct that \foo is displayed as \\foo on the dired buffer?

-- 
Oscar

bug#2862: 23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash

[Chong Yidong]

Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:

> Thanks for fixing the bug that was preventing visiting the file.
>
> Is it correct that \foo is displayed as \\foo on the dired buffer?

Not really, but it will require a lot of work to change that (it's based
on some long-ago design decisions in Dired).