DIRED-GET-MARKED-FILES fails mysteriously

DIRED-GET-MARKED-FILES fails mysteriously

[Alain.Picard]

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In GNU Emacs 21.4.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2005-03-18 on trouble, modified by Debian
configured using `configure '--build=i386-linux' '--host=i386-linux' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=athena' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'build_alias=i386-linux' 'host_alias=i386-linux''
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: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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

================================================================
Perform the following, in a shell:

% mkdir /tmp/Foo
% mkdir "/tmp/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.


Cheers,
				--ap

This occurs in an emacs with -q and -no-site-init.



Cheers,
				--alain picard

Re: DIRED-GET-MARKED-FILES fails mysteriously

[Juri Linkov]

> 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/

Re: DIRED-GET-MARKED-FILES fails mysteriously

[Alain.Picard]

Juri Linkov writes:
 > > 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)"

Yes -- sorry.  Typo.

 > 
 > 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.

I see.  I don't suppose there's a debian package around, eh?
I thought my days of building from scratch were over... Maybe
I should just switch to Gentoo.  :-)

Seriously, I'll upgrade if this becomes too annoying.

p.s. boy, it's been SO LONG since I found a bug in emacs, I was
     starting to think that perfection had finally been achieved!

Thanks for the info,
				--Alain Picard