From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [michael.cadilhac@lrde.org: PC-do-completion with directories adding stars.] Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:31:50 -0500 Message-ID: <873bhwmerd.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <874q2d56uw.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87d5h0pqfo.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <200603052105.k25L53514913@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141615945 2505 80.91.229.2 (6 Mar 2006 03:32:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 03:32:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, michael.cadilhac@lrde.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 06 04:32:22 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FG6SL-0003rv-Vh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:32:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FG6SU-0005aZ-Ea for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:32:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FG6SB-0004Za-UV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FG6S8-000454-Eo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FG6S8-00043x-B7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:32:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FG6UA-0001nn-V9; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:34:15 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.48.80.201]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20060306033151.CGUU27612.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:31:51 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C1879D730F; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:31:50 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200603052105.k25L53514913@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Sun, 5 Mar 2006 15:05:03 -0600 (CST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:51271 Archived-At: > I am not the OP, but here are the details. > If you do `emacs -q -nbc' and then "C-x C-f" then put "~/a/b/c" in the > minibuffer, while there is no directory ~/a, and then type you get > the error message: > minibuffer-complete: Opening directory: no such file or directory, > /home/teirllm/a/b/ > If now you do `M-x partial-completion-mode' and repeat the experiment, > you get: > read-file-name-internal: Opening directory: no such file or directory, > /home/teirllm/a*/b*/ When I try it, I don't get that. Instead I just see "[Ambiguous dir name]" appended to the minibuffer for 2 seconds. Stefan