From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>, 65431@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65431: 30.0.50; pcomplete should not quote everything in a file name
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:51:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a90bed9d-53e7-fbd6-cc6d-53f4e715c49c@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bkf0iizx.fsf@gmx.de>
On 8/21/2023 7:10 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
>
> - emacs -Q -l tramp --eval "(tramp-change-syntax 'separate)" -f eshell
>
> - Type "cd /[ssh/localho TAB"
>
> - This expands to "cd /[ssh/localhost\]"
>
> Due to the quoted right square bracket, the cd command fails. pcomplete
> should be taught to not quote everything in a file name.
I believe the problem is actually the *left* square bracket. Both square
brackets should be quoted; otherwise, [...] gets treated as a glob. I'm
a little surprised that the tab-completion even works here; I guess it's
more forgiving than it should be. However, if you type "cd /\[ssh/loca
TAB", it should work correctly.
I see a couple of options:
1) Could Pcomplete fix the unquoted "[" for us? *Should* it?
2) I see that Pcomplete fails if you try to quote the whole file name,
like "cd '/[ssh:loca TAB". Maybe we should fix that. Then users could
rely on quoting with ' or " to escape the special glob characters instead.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-21 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-21 14:10 bug#65431: 30.0.50; pcomplete should not quote everything in a file name Michael Albinus
2023-08-21 17:51 ` Jim Porter [this message]
2023-08-21 19:09 ` Michael Albinus
2023-08-27 11:23 ` Michael Albinus
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