bug#67759: [ android ] 30.0.50; unable to access device storage

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On 2023-12-11 08:12, Po Lu wrote:
> Please don't remove the bug tracker from the CC list.
> 
> జిందం వాఐి <jindam.vani@disroot.org> writes:
> 
>> On 2023-12-11 06:38, Po Lu wrote:
>> 
>>> This might seem trivial, but people have run across this pithole
>>> before:
>>> have you erased the leading "~" character in the default file name
>>> prompt?  If not, do so, as Android's storage directory is located at
>>> /sdcard rather than your home folder.
>>> But assuming that you have, you've likely omitted the trailing "/"
>>> after
>>> the file name that informs Emacs it is a directory.  Absent this
>>> character, file name completion will complete from / instead of
>>> /sdcard,
>>> and your device is one of those which deny Emacs the rights to 
>>> examine
>>> /.
>> 
>> menu_ file_ opendirectory
>> * ~/
>> * press enter
>> * shows 6 files [ 2 saved messages,
>> emacs.d, emacs-fa...., 2 dots ]
>> 
>> no effect [ using hackerskeyboard ]
>> on find file or open directory
>> * omitted ~ and type sdcard or
>> storage
>> * omitted ~ and / and type
>> sdcard or storage
> 
> I don't understand, sorry.  Would you describe the actions you took in
> English, rather than as such a heavily abridged enumeration?

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