From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8256: widget-complete does not complete for type 'directory onw32 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:50:18 -0700 Message-ID: <7BE6FADD4020432887E611DE8999715F@us.oracle.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300201815 26721 80.91.229.12 (15 Mar 2011 15:10:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:10:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8256@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Lennart Borgman'" , "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 15 16:10:09 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzVsr-0001l8-SO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:10:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48712 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PzVsq-00026T-KY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47518 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PzVps-0000V2-NJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:07:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzVpr-0006EY-8S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:07:00 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33503) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzVpr-0006ET-4o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:06:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzVaQ-0003J4-1I; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8256 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8256-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8256.130020063112672 (code B ref 8256); Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8256) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Mar 2011 14:50:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzVZu-0003IL-Va for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:50:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzVZt-0003IA-5z for 8256@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:50:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p2FEoLv7007278 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:50:23 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id p2FEoKDA032120 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:50:21 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt013.oracle.com (abhmt013.oracle.com [141.146.116.22]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p2FEoKNp018641; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:50:20 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:50:19 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcvjFmE3PdmINTOTT3+n3YjmPr5YpAACQr4g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-Source-IP: acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090203.4D7F7CAD.00BC,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:51:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:45031 Archived-At: > (defcustom my-dir nil "doc" :type 'directory) > > M-x customize-option RET my-dir RET You get a type mismatch, of course, since nil is not a directory. > Place point in the directory value field and erase "nil" > that is there. Now in the empty directory value field > press ESC-TAB. This fails Try again, with a valid directory as the default value - e.g. "c:/foo/" Keep in mind too that the completion uses `default-directory'. Dunno whether that's always appropriate, but that's what it uses. But I agree that regardless of the initial type mismatch, you should be able to type a legitimate directory prefix and get completion.