From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Cc: 18859@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18859: 24.3; ibuffer-mark-by-file-name-regexp does not match displayed name
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 18:54:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878ssagpg0.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bnox9pn8.fsf@sc3d.org> (Reuben Thomas's message of "Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:19:39 +0000")
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:
> In the *IBuffer*, files in my home directory are displayed with names
> starting with ‘~’, but when I type % f ~ RET I get no matches. If I type
> instead % f /home/MYUSER RET then all files in my home directory are
> matched.
>
> I’m not convinced that the matches should be made in the second case,
> even; but certainly they _should_ be made in the first.
The following patch fixes this by matching on the abbreviated file name
(which is what ibuffer uses to create the displayed file name).
But I guess this could be a controversial change -- does anybody have an
objection to making this change?
diff --git a/lisp/ibuf-ext.el b/lisp/ibuf-ext.el
index 1b69574a39..06a2248d40 100644
--- a/lisp/ibuf-ext.el
+++ b/lisp/ibuf-ext.el
@@ -1846,7 +1846,8 @@ ibuffer-mark-by-file-name-regexp
(stringp dired-directory)
dired-directory)))))
(when name
- (string-match regexp name))))))
+ ;; Match on the displayed file name (which is abbreviated).
+ (string-match regexp (abbreviate-file-name name)))))))
;;;###autoload
(defun ibuffer-mark-by-content-regexp (regexp &optional all-buffers)
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-03 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-27 21:19 bug#18859: 24.3; ibuffer-mark-by-file-name-regexp does not match displayed name Reuben Thomas
2019-08-03 16:54 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-08-23 0:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-17 16:06 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-01-17 16:32 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-01-18 16:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-18 18:05 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
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