From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18891: Doesn't handle pwd = /C: very well Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:06:10 +0200 Message-ID: <83lhnqvqt9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87d293dtc5.fsf@gmx.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415120845 11432 80.91.229.3 (4 Nov 2014 17:07:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 17:07:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18891@debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus@gmx.de To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 04 18:07:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhZd-00028i-I9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:07:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41971 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhZd-0002jh-0k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:07:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34007) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhZU-0002gk-Ks for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhZO-0004iW-IZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:07:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhZO-0004iS-G9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:07:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhZO-0004i5-5z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:07:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:07:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18891 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18891-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18891.141512078218055 (code B ref 18891); Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:07:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18891) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Nov 2014 17:06:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49078 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhYj-0004h8-OZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:06:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:47147) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XlhYg-0004gz-Sm for 18891@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:06:20 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NEI00K00Y17UB00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 18891@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:06:17 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NEI00KFSY6GL850@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:06:17 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:95487 > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:47:19 -0500 > Cc: 18891@debbugs.gnu.org > > Michael Albinus wrote: > > > "/C:" as default directory is wrong. It triggers Tramp to start, > > which fails. Maybe one could prevent this problem by giving the > > default directory the prefix "/:". > > You know much more about this than I do, but my dumb idea was: > if a directory name happens to match a tramp pattern, as "/C:" > presumably does, how about first checking if a local directory literally > named that exists, before invoking a remote handler? That's probably something Emacs should do _before_ invoking the handler, no? I mean, the decision whether to let the handler do this job is outside the scope of the handler.