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From: Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 3250@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#3250: 23.0.93; tab completion flakey with tramp when insert-default-directory is nil
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 23:05:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A074FBE.9080808@simplistix.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87my9kehsx.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>

Chong Yidong wrote:
> Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> -(setq insert-default-directory nil) in .emacs
>> -restart
>> C-x C-f
>> ..
>> - then try using tab completion
> 
> Pressing TAB shows the contents of my home directory.  This is expected
> behavior.  What behavior do you observe?

Did you do the all important '..' to go to a parent directory?
Did you then try and tab-complete into a sub-directory?
Did you have (setq insert-default-directory nil) set in your .emacs file?

Chris

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-05-10 22:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-10 21:50 bug#3250: Re: bug#3250: 23.0.93; tab completion flakey with tramp when insert-default-directory is nil Chong Yidong
2009-05-10 21:53 ` Chris Withers
2009-05-10 22:04   ` Chong Yidong
2009-05-10 22:05     ` Chris Withers [this message]
2009-05-10 22:24       ` Chong Yidong
2009-05-10 22:42         ` Chris Withers
2009-05-11  3:30           ` Stefan Monnier
2009-05-11  8:13             ` Chris Withers
2009-05-11 14:13               ` Stefan Monnier
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-05-09 17:37 Chris Withers
2009-05-09 22:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-05-09 22:51   ` Chris Withers

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