From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: something recently broke dired for dirs that begin with a space
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:41:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86r55zrmpm.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874o2v7zda.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:28:33 -0400")
>>>>> "Chong" == Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:
Chong> merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
>> Not sure when, but it had to be in the past three weeks. If I get a
>> chance, I'll bisect.
>>
>> And yes, I use directories that begin with a space to force them to be
>> first in the listings.
Chong> Please make a bug report using M-x report-emacs-bug, and include a
Chong> precise recipe. There are insufficient details in your message to
Chong> figure out whether there is a bug, or where the bug is; a brief
Chong> experiment with a directory starting with a space revealed no problems
Chong> for me.
I can't use report-emacs-bug because there's no email on the machine
where my emacs is running.
M-! mkdir " SPACE" RET
^X ^F . RET
then try to visit the " SPACE" dir with "f".
I get "dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type `g' to
update dired buffer" in *Messages*.
Clear enough?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-10 0:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-09 21:31 something recently broke dired for dirs that begin with a space Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-09 22:33 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-09 23:04 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-10 0:28 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-10 0:41 ` Randal L. Schwartz [this message]
2011-07-10 0:52 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-10 2:15 ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-10 2:17 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-10 12:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-10 19:09 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-07-10 21:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-10 2:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-07-10 3:01 ` Randal L. Schwartz
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