From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3250: 23.0.93; tab completion flakey with tramp when insert-default-directory is nil Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 18:24:49 -0400 Message-ID: <87ljp4oatq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <87zldkeifi.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <4A074CDF.8050604@simplistix.co.uk> <87my9kehsx.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <4A074FBE.9080808@simplistix.co.uk> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 3250@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241994824 29438 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2009 22:33:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:33:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3250@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Chris Withers Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 11 00:33:34 2009 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 4.50) id 1M3HaO-0007cS-5I for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 May 2009 00:33:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54073 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M3HaN-0000Ee-Gm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:33:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M3HZ1-0007ls-0W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:32:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M3HYv-0007kY-0j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49532 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M3HYu-0007kL-Fn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:32:00 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:59530) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M3HYt-0004Ii-EW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:32:00 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4AMVsaA021965; Sun, 10 May 2009 15:31:55 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n4AMU5oa020799; Sun, 10 May 2009 15:30:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:30:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3250 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3250-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3250.124199428219381 (code B ref 3250); Sun, 10 May 2009 22:30:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3250) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 10 May 2009 22:24:42 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4AMOcln019375 for <3250@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 10 May 2009 15:24:39 -0700 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9B88757E22A; Sun, 10 May 2009 18:24:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4A074FBE.9080808@simplistix.co.uk> (Chris Withers's message of "Sun, 10 May 2009 23:05:50 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 18:32:05 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:27811 Archived-At: Chris Withers writes: >>> -(setq insert-default-directory nil) in .emacs >>> -restart >>> C-x C-f >>> .. >>> - then try using tab completion >> >> Pressing TAB shows the contents of my home directory. This is expected >> behavior. What behavior do you observe? > > Did you do the all important '..' to go to a parent directory? After typing `..', I type TAB. The text in the minibuffer completes to ../ After typing TAB again, Emacs offers a completions list showing the directories in /home. This is expected.