From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25807: 24.5; List-Directory closes with error when invalid path is typed instead of prompting the user to fix it Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:23:04 +0200 Message-ID: <838toll4s7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83mvdbsmi6.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1488623053 16573 195.159.176.226 (4 Mar 2017 10:24:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 10:24:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25807@debbugs.gnu.org, my.old.email.sucked@gmail.com To: Stefan Monnier , Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 04 11:24:09 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6r6-0003IR-Uw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 11:24:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34657 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6rD-0005Bi-5D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:24:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33068) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6r7-0005BQ-5Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:24:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6r3-0006LT-WD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6r3-0006LN-SQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:24:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6r3-0001S8-NA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:24:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 10:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25807 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25807-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25807.14886230085544 (code B ref 25807); Sat, 04 Mar 2017 10:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25807) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Mar 2017 10:23:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39151 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6qW-0001RM-GQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:23:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42051) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6qU-0001R7-Tp for 25807@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:23:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6qM-0006Dq-O7 for 25807@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:23:21 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44959) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6qM-0006Dm-L5; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:23:18 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3663 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ck6qL-0004EU-M1; Sat, 04 Mar 2017 05:23:18 -0500 In-reply-to: <83mvdbsmi6.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:15:45 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:130164 Archived-At: Ping! > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:15:45 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: 25807@debbugs.gnu.org > > > From: Colin > > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:20:10 +1100 > > > > If I hit `C-x C-d`, I receive the prompt `List directory (breif): ~/` - if I > > type `/tmp/foo` and hit Enter my message buffer shows `insert-directory: > > Reading directory: no such file or directory, /tmp/foo` - the prompt has > > now gone and I'm unable to fix my mistake without repeating the entire > > process. > > Could someone knowledgeable about completion please suggest a way to > do better in these use cases, or perhaps propose a patch? We are > looking for a way to reject non-existing directories, but accept > existing ones and wildcards, when the user types RET in these cases. > > There is "permissive completion with confirmation", but that requires > the user to type TAB before it kicks in, which IMO is sub-optimal (and > counter-intuitive) in this case. > > TIA