GNU bug report logs - #12838
pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with "Text is read-only"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tuomas Kuismin <tuomas.kuismin <at> iki.fi>

Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:57:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 12838-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12838-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tuomas Kuismin <tuomas.kuismin <at> iki.fi>
Subject: Re: bug#12838: pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with
	"Text is read-only"
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:22:58 -0500

> I installed a workaround in emacs-24 for eshell.
> Hopefully someone will fix it properly at some point.

Thanks.  The completion-at-point version of pcomplete works here, so
I installed a different workaround, and the "fix it properly" will be to
move to completion-at-point.


        Stefan
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