From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tuomas Kuismin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12838: pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with "Text is read-only" Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:44:48 +0200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1352393844 20493 80.91.229.3 (8 Nov 2012 16:57:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:57:24 +0000 (UTC) To: 12838@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 08 17:57:34 2012 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 1TWVQ3-0005Yy-Ks for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:57:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45311 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWVPu-0004fA-EI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:57:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33402) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWVPm-0004em-3J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:57:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWVPa-0006DC-PE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:57:14 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TWVPa-0006D2-MO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:57:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWVPc-0000Se-TU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:57:04 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Tuomas Kuismin Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:57:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 12838 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: submit@debbugs.gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13523938001720 (code B ref -1); Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:57:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Nov 2012 16:56:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56336 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWVPE-0000Rd-7B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:56:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.167]:57538) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWOfM-0006Xs-El for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:44:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.110.41.9] (helo=magellan.local) by mail.kapsi.fi with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TWOfJ-0002DC-Mf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:44:49 +0200 User-agent: mu4e 0.9.9.5-dev3; emacs 24.2.50.1 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 195.110.41.9 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tuomas.kuismin@iki.fi X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on mail.kapsi.fi); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:55:22 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:66642 Archived-At: Package: Emacs Version: 24.2 Reproducing: + Start emacs with "emacs -Q" + Start eshell with M-x eshell + Ignore case in eshell completion with M-x set-variable -> eshell-cmpl-ignore-case -> t + Exit eshell with the command "exit" + Restart eshell with M-x eshell + Create a file in your home directory with the command "touch ~/foo" + Try to complete said file (in eshell) by typing "cat ~/f" and pressing TAB Result: No completion is done, message "Text is read-only" appears. Expected result: "cat ~/foo" appears on screen. Workaround: Add the following to your init file: (add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook (lambda () (setq pcomplete-expand-before-complete t))) This results in the ~ being expanded (removed) from the path before completing, thus circumventing the issue. To my knowledge, this bug exists on Linux and Mac, Emacs 24.2 and the repository.