Re: 23.0.60; command paths are not expanded in *shell* buffer

[Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>]

On Sun, 18 May 2008 19:56:05 +0200 Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE> wrote:

> After launching GNU Emacs with -Q and creating a *shell* buffer (with
> tcsh 6.12.00 (Astron) 2002-07-23 (powerpc-apple-darwin) options
> 8b,nls,dl,al,kan,sm,rh,color,dspm,filec) I can't expand the absolute
> path of GNU Emacs. It does not work when I start typing /us<TAB> nor
> does it work when I insert a <SPC> before the /us start of the path
> name. (When I type <RET> to get rid of everything typed tcsh asks me
> whether /usr is OK, autocorrect and 'correct = all' are set). It also
> fails with relative paths.
>
> It works (with absolute and relative paths) when I start the command
> with another word (some command or alias).
[...]
> This behaviour started weeks, or months, ago. I then thought it was
> due to adding 'correct = all', but *shell* in GNU Emacs 22.2 does not
> show the same ... and the tcsh setting plays no role!

I see the same behavior in GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+
Version 2.12.0) of 2008-05-15 with bash.  It works fine in GNU Emacs
23.0.60.7 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2008-02-21.

Steve Berman