From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21931: 25.0.50; behaviour of read-directory-name with double slashes Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:58:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87y4doph57.fsf@gmx.de> References: <86bnaue9w8.fsf@members.fsf.org> <86ziy4vm3g.fsf@members.fsf.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448312379 28424 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2015 20:59:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:59:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: youngfrog@members.fsf.org To: 21931@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 21:59:27 2015 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 1a0yCc-0000O8-D3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:59:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34599 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0yCd-0007UY-8Q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21931) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2015 20:58:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49938 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0yC3-0000rF-Tn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:58:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:62124) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0yC1-0000r3-V0 for 21931@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:58:34 -0500 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([93.209.95.113]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx003) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MbPLI-1ZkOi92d76-00Ilkl; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:58:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: <86ziy4vm3g.fsf@members.fsf.org> (Nicolas Richard's message of "Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:14:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:UprSDweLYgpH4qm1mbsb2SALlW3q1GsYTZE3m/UKpIqKCZtTAE/ XMbc7UQXQHz4pcCJdDGN7hMILvolwPhQ5W3WkAaJM5nGHpKsdpIGnSRqfbuJmoQDdjsD2Jj bVRMCZpEIOn3sffvVXUXlR3yDKql3guKEzSAcYQzqUP8oh0C0QmMfvD1i4KUPMpHnQrQyIM PE++eWVW/BRjhTngPdBJA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:aZz8CklFSl4=:+v8ezzgwjcE6hepAXfxelS v9HePCqWYS3yKaM6j3QRau1QetoINXNjuYRsk3HIua7NgDBEhdGmEmsrzecDn693salzDWCW5 gi34fuKuf7yHumtk9MWF8f5t2SJIChCG6qe5G09SDGrIvBUHr9f4U7DumQtr0Zk3yTSgEljY5 LhfX6XPf0UwkDBcYKbuWZPpMYLlRVMOXQ+dkG9duRk45SEiemaJbvVrUI/XWeelQRp1mpgD41 p2iD/15XxKZiZXv1IhPH2O+7AJS8bco5WdjwmwnVBiuGEsvpDE4txP3cTVoQH1XFUiHoa0vih Iw8tYykEYJOpkcUkipG3GAMHouV267vc/8ZSGvkMU9t2ELiz0N29T05GsOrUfjAwWXYvkm6iD gxbkukg/5c/0HgqOnOmSeR3+BuLvBYKqEQd5+dMCOgzJJSAZQC88XmgqL4XEypAkankqgoTv3 bPOj4UWVsMabvUmqF/xNj6t69DV3js5oOTAKvS6j3Bheo6jEK4hUWOHqOkY5CKkr/Wpl6uOA8 284uHTh56XzTa6ntmS/28Pmhj5mLCG5DhaK9x5gTTcWdLkqVU9hFbDaoo7vSfLlxcVADoL5pY sqSTVvqE5pQLmACxCOyqtoB9WBowedWiNmMYxATxS/iefybDvxyynNG0+oMz1NnZInt7jKTA+ gQoxYkehRuMeRoh5qSKoa83k+CB02Lju4jCCTI+AXS8JV8x6fTDzX8/Ih5p4Sr9ZBQpY4X1JZ 2OGROPidmiih1MIC8h492wxz+vB8e1dWNkZcYXKQZWdIUKCv/MGUI09V8heb1YvQB74Illyo 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: 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:109152 Archived-At: Nicolas Richard writes: >> What list were you expecting to see? "//" has always meant "start at root" to >> mean, ignoring whatever comes prior. This is how C-x C-f works, and it means >> you don't have to delete any existing default text in order to begin at root. > > Indeed, but when constructing a path via (concat foo "/" bar), it can > happen that the result contains //. If this is then used as arg to > read-directory-name, this leads to an unexpected default. (expand-file-name bar foo) is your choice. If you dislike it, take (concat (directory-file-name foo) "/" bar) > Thanks for looking into it, I close it. > > Nico. Best regards, Michael.