bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

[Lennart Borgman]

Here we go again. There are still problem with file name completion. I
have two directories:

  ~/ecb-cvs/
  ~/ecb-cvs-old/

Doing

  C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB

gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.

Of course I started from "emacs -Q".


In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-06-30
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'

bug#3761: marked as done (23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry)

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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:13:40 +0200
Message-ID: <e01d8a50907051413u1e45ecf7xe6a51f3cd01dc272@mail.gmail.com>

Here we go again. There are still problem with file name completion. I
have two directories:

  ~/ecb-cvs/
  ~/ecb-cvs-old/

Doing

  C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB

gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.

Of course I started from "emacs -Q".


In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-06-30
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/g/include -fno-crossjumping'


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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: 3761-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, cyd@stupidchicken.com
Subject: Re: bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:28:15 +0300
Message-ID: <83k513i0fk.fsf@gnu.org>

> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:55:38 +0200
> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
> Cc: 3761@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, cyd@stupidchicken.com
> 
> > Okay to close this bug as a feature?
> 
> 
> Maybe, I am not sure. Is this the intended behaviour?

Yes.

> Should all file names ending in "CVS/" be ignored?

_Directories_ ending in "CVS" should be ignored.  But that's just the
default; you can customize it away.

> Why is not the hidden property on the file name in this case used
> instead? (At least on w32 the CVS directory has a hidden property.)

First, not every Windows CVS client makes them hidden.  Second, the
hidden attribute is Windows-specific, and cannot be used on other
platforms.

I'm closing the bug.

bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

[Chong Yidong]

> I have two directories:
>
>   ~/ecb-cvs/
>   ~/ecb-cvs-old/
>
> Doing
>
>   C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB
>
> gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.

I don't see this problem.  With this recipe, I get ~/ecb-cvs

Are you sure?

bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

[Lennart Borgman]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Chong Yidong<cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
>> I have two directories:
>>
>>   ~/ecb-cvs/
>>   ~/ecb-cvs-old/
>>
>> Doing
>>
>>   C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB
>>
>> gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.
>
> I don't see this problem.  With this recipe, I get ~/ecb-cvs
>
> Are you sure?


Yes, I just checked again with a checkout from 2009-08-01. (Starting
from "emacs -Q" of course.)

It could perhaps be w32 specific. Could someone more please check?

bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:59:22 +0200
> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
> Cc: 3761@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> 
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Chong Yidong<cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> >> I have two directories:
> >>
> >>   ~/ecb-cvs/
> >>   ~/ecb-cvs-old/
> >>
> >> Doing
> >>
> >>   C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB
> >>
> >> gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.
> >
> > I don't see this problem.  With this recipe, I get ~/ecb-cvs
> >
> > Are you sure?
> 
> 
> Yes, I just checked again with a checkout from 2009-08-01. (Starting
> from "emacs -Q" of course.)
> 
> It could perhaps be w32 specific. Could someone more please check?

Hint: see the value of completion-ignored-extensions.

Okay to close this bug as a feature?

bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

[Lennart Borgman]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Eli Zaretskii<eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:59:22 +0200
>> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
>> Cc: 3761@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Chong Yidong<cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
>> >> I have two directories:
>> >>
>> >>   ~/ecb-cvs/
>> >>   ~/ecb-cvs-old/
>> >>
>> >> Doing
>> >>
>> >>   C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB
>> >>
>> >> gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.
>> >
>> > I don't see this problem.  With this recipe, I get ~/ecb-cvs
>> >
>> > Are you sure?
>>
>>
>> Yes, I just checked again with a checkout from 2009-08-01. (Starting
>> from "emacs -Q" of course.)
>>
>> It could perhaps be w32 specific. Could someone more please check?
>
> Hint: see the value of completion-ignored-extensions.


Hm, I see. ;-)


> Okay to close this bug as a feature?


Maybe, I am not sure. Is this the intended behaviour? Should all file
names ending in "CVS/" be ignored? Does CVS use any other file names
beside just "CVS"? Why is not the hidden property on the file name in
this case used instead? (At least on w32 the CVS directory has a
hidden property.)

bug#3761: 23.1.50; TAB file name completion skips valid entry

[Kevin Rodgers]

Lennart Borgman wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Eli Zaretskii<eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:59:22 +0200
>>> From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: 3761@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Chong Yidong<cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
>>>>> I have two directories:
>>>>>
>>>>>   ~/ecb-cvs/
>>>>>   ~/ecb-cvs-old/
>>>>>
>>>>> Doing
>>>>>
>>>>>   C-x C-f ~/ecb TAB
>>>>>
>>>>> gives ~/ecb-cvs-old/ which is not what I want.
>>>> I don't see this problem.  With this recipe, I get ~/ecb-cvs
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure?
>>>
>>> Yes, I just checked again with a checkout from 2009-08-01. (Starting
>>> from "emacs -Q" of course.)
>>>
>>> It could perhaps be w32 specific. Could someone more please check?
>> Hint: see the value of completion-ignored-extensions.
> 
> 
> Hm, I see. ;-)
> 
> 
>> Okay to close this bug as a feature?
> 
> 
> Maybe, I am not sure. Is this the intended behaviour? Should all file
> names ending in "CVS/" be ignored?

It doesn't seem right to me either.  What happens if you change "CVS/"
in completion-ignored-extensions to "/CVS/"?

> Does CVS use any other file names
> beside just "CVS"?

I think CVS is hard-wired to use "CVS", but it's been a while since
I used it.

 > Why is not the hidden property on the file name in
> this case used instead? (At least on w32 the CVS directory has a
> hidden property.)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA