I can confirm that when commit 8d7e58ce9f389d77323e0237c22c4e is applied to emacs-26.1.90 that my problem no longer occurs. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-26.1.90&id=b8b42c23151298565e4354b38d7060e91465daed On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 9:13 AM David Hull wrote: > My emacs was built from a tarball I downloaded from > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/snapshot/emacs-26.1.90.tar.gz. > I believe this is commit 7851ae8b443c62a41ea4f4440512aa56cc87b9b7. It looks > like this does not have the change made in commit > 8d7e58ce9f389d77323e0237c22c4e. > Here is the backtrace from my current build as requested. I will also try > applying the fix from 8d7e58ce9f389d77323e0237c22c4e and test again. > > I ran "emacs -Q -l tramp", then in the *scratch* buffer: > > (emacs-version) > "GNU Emacs 26.1.90 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0, NS appkit-1671.10 > Version 10.14.1 (Build 18B75))\n of 2018-12-03" > (tramp-change-syntax 'simplified) > simplified > (setq debug-on-error t) > t > > Then when I typed (from "view-lossage"): > > C-x C-f [find-file] > / [self-insert-command] > c [self-insert-command] > o [self-insert-command] > s [self-insert-command] > 6 [self-insert-command] > : [self-insert-command] > s [self-insert-command] > r [self-insert-command] > c [self-insert-command] > / [self-insert-command] > s [self-insert-command] > s [self-insert-command] > [minibuffer-complete] > > I got the error: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp "") > signal(wrong-type-argument (stringp "")) > completion--some(#f(compiled-function (style) #) > (basic partial-completion emacs22)) > completion--nth-completion(1 "~//cos6:src/ss" read-file-name-internal > file-exists-p 14 (metadata (category . file) (completion--unquote-requote . > t))) > completion-try-completion("~//cos6:src/ss" read-file-name-internal > file-exists-p 14 (metadata (category . file) (completion--unquote-requote . > t))) > completion--do-completion(12 26) > completion--in-region-1(12 26) > #f(compiled-function (start end collection predicate) # 0x400c2e6b>)(12 26 read-file-name-internal file-exists-p) > apply(#f(compiled-function (start end collection predicate) # 0x400c2e6b>) (12 26 read-file-name-internal file-exists-p)) > #f(compiled-function (funs global args) #)(nil nil > (12 26 read-file-name-internal file-exists-p)) > completion--in-region(12 26 read-file-name-internal file-exists-p) > completion-in-region(12 26 read-file-name-internal file-exists-p) > minibuffer-complete() > funcall-interactively(minibuffer-complete) > call-interactively(minibuffer-complete nil nil) > command-execute(minibuffer-complete) > read-from-minibuffer("Find file: " "~/" (keymap (keymap (32)) keymap (10 > . minibuffer-complete-and-exit) (13 . minibuffer-complete-and-exit) keymap > (menu-bar keymap (minibuf "Minibuf" keymap (tab menu-item "Complete" > minibuffer-complete :help "Complete as far as possible") (space menu-item > "Complete Word" minibuffer-complete-word :help "Complete at most one word") > (63 menu-item "List Completions" minibuffer-completion-help :help "Display > all possible completions") "Minibuf")) (27 keymap (118 . > switch-to-completions)) (prior . switch-to-completions) (63 . > minibuffer-completion-help) (32 . minibuffer-complete-word) (9 . > minibuffer-complete) keymap (menu-bar keymap (minibuf "Minibuf" keymap > (previous menu-item "Previous History Item" previous-history-element :help > "Put previous minibuffer history element in the minibuffer") (next > menu-item "Next History Item" next-history-element :help "Put next > minibuffer history element in the minibuffer") (isearch-backward menu-item > "Isearch History Backward" isearch-backward :help "Incrementally search > minibuffer history backward") (isearch-forward menu-item "Isearch History > Forward" isearch-forward :help "Incrementally search minibuffer history > forward") (return menu-item "Enter" exit-minibuffer :key-sequence "\015" > :help "Terminate input and exit minibuffer") (quit menu-item "Quit" > abort-recursive-edit :help "Abort input and exit minibuffer") "Minibuf")) > (10 . exit-minibuffer) (13 . exit-minibuffer) (7 . abort-recursive-edit) > (C-tab . file-cache-minibuffer-complete) (9 . self-insert-command) > (XF86Back . previous-history-element) (up . > previous-line-or-history-element) (prior . previous-history-element) > (XF86Forward . next-history-element) (down . next-line-or-history-element) > (next . next-history-element) (27 keymap (114 . > previous-matching-history-element) (115 . next-matching-history-element) > (112 . previous-history-element) (110 . next-history-element))) nil > file-name-history "~/" nil) > completing-read-default("Find file: " read-file-name-internal > file-exists-p confirm-after-completion "~/" file-name-history "~/" nil) > completing-read("Find file: " read-file-name-internal file-exists-p > confirm-after-completion "~/" file-name-history "~/") > read-file-name-default("Find file: " nil "~/" confirm-after-completion > nil nil) > read-file-name("Find file: " nil "~/" confirm-after-completion) > find-file-read-args("Find file: " confirm-after-completion) > byte-code("\300\301\302 \"\207" [find-file-read-args "Find file: " > confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer] 3) > call-interactively(find-file nil nil) > command-execute(find-file) > > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 2:38 AM Michael Albinus > wrote: > >> Andreas Schwab writes: >> >> > On Dez 04 2018, David Hull wrote: >> > >> >> Filename completion does not work with tramp's "simplified" syntax. >> >> >> >> (load-library "tramp") >> >> (tramp-change syntax 'simplified) >> >> >> >> Now if I run find-file and type "//cos6:src/ss" and then TAB I get the >> >> error: >> >> >> >> completion--some: Wrong type argument: stringp, "" >> > >> > This is fixed by commit b8b42c2315. >> >> Indeed, you've backported this fix to the emacs-26 branch. The bug >> report tells us >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> In GNU Emacs 26.1.90 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0, NS >> appkit-1671.10 Version 10.14.1 (Build 18B75)) >> of 2018-12-03 built on mbp-109-op-04 >> Repository revision: 8d7e58ce9f389d77323e0237c22c4e13cb68b8e7 >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> Hmm, a git commit 8d7e58ce9f389d77323e0237c22c4e13cb68b8e7 does not >> exist in emacs-26 or master branches. >> >> > Andreas. >> >> Best regards, Michael. >> > > > -- > David Hull > -- David Hull