From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4592: Bug in built-in function substitute-in-file-name Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:18:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7f5ab920909291737r4b739331v40b9d9ea703ef440@mail.gmail.com> <8hd455coyo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <7f5ab920910030013n1b4b88f8he564ae610cb90236@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Lennart Borgman , 4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254598050 13192 80.91.229.12 (3 Oct 2009 19:27:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:27:30 +0000 (UTC) To: Mosur Mohan , 4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 03 21:27:23 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 1MuAGH-0006po-UB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:27:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58278 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MuAGH-0004fz-60 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MuAGC-0004fu-3i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:27:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MuAG6-0004fX-Jc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:27:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50415 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MuAG6-0004fS-H7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:49827) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MuAG6-0001tK-2g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n93JR8T9015766; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:27:08 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n93JP7np015246; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:25:07 -0700 Resent-Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:25:07 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:25:07 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4592 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: unreproducible moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 4592-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4592.125459755714292 (code B ref 4592); Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:25:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4592) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Oct 2009 19:19:17 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f190.google.com (mail-yx0-f190.google.com [209.85.210.190]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n93JJFrY014289 for <4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:19:16 -0700 Original-Received: by yxe28 with SMTP id 28so652642yxe.19 for <4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:19:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fHAL751xArlJ5m+3J27jPwJetjrecr2QBH6wR9BZU4Q=; b=qtm/l2mxFSfsubE+Z0cAAOI9cvZlNrQBmn9eeZQwMkqdSdLMDwUgUuk9d5rPhAuiFC 4bpCCOYZGtHu7wPDfmHU/9fqcBlK22IQMVTW26ZkMc0mopqp4vy3fRGEwgPbLgYTUAvE uXvsW0Wk3/sO0WQHyWrOeUIZLocQdNLIvLgtI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=icz/KWVfEWo/g5zxn3DzIiVclpQj819WxvSKW9BT1Ue9jy/j02V0x5m86tmMSKQfi0 RAT34Lz9/2pbZ6Ilv0G9DmrtNVcxYlYnWp3OY7ZJ4KmYpjMFZVU2anRjRyniROWfc9vP T5ua7N9Y2BaLEIPJOZGIV/dcLbadJDsoNNtC8= Original-Received: by 10.101.98.9 with SMTP id a9mr4125218anm.160.1254597550136; Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:19:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7f5ab920910030013n1b4b88f8he564ae610cb90236@mail.gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:27:14 -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:31659 Archived-At: Why do you do that instead of upgrade to Emacs 23? On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Mosur Mohan wrote: > I was afraid you were gonna say that... :-) Unfortunately I haven't > been able to pin down the exact recipe; in the "good" session, I'm > still chugging along and the error hasn't occurred yet. > > Thanks for your help anyway! =C2=A0If I figure out the recipe to trigger > this behavior, I will get in touch with you again. > -- > Mohan > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Glenn Morris wrote: >> Mosur Mohan wrote: >> >>> I am running Emacs version 21.3 on a Linux x86_64 machine. >> [...] >>> After running for a while, I notice that filename completion starts >>> giving errors. =C2=A0At this point, I re-try the above experiment: >>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (substitute-in-file-name "/~/") >>> But now, I get: >>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "/~/" >> >> Unfortunately, this seems a rather obscure problem, and Emacs 21 is >> quite old, so you are unlikely to get much help unless you can give a >> simple recipe showing how to get into this state (starting from emacs >> -q --no-site-file). In any case, I would recommend upgrading to Emacs 23= . >> > > > >