GNU bug report logs - #1438
23.0.60; Wrong file/directory completion in *shell* buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tassilo Horn <thorn <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:30:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <thorn <at> fastmail.fm>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Tassilo Horn <thorn <at> fastmail.fm>, 1438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1438: 23.0.60; Wrong file/directory completion in *shell* buffers
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:39:58 +0100

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

>> Now I go up one directory with "..".
>
> The directory tracking code only recognizes some commands such as
> "cd", "pushd", and a couple more.  You may want to look into
> dirtrack.el.

Dirtrack-debug-mode says that my prompt doesn't match dirtrack-regexp,
but that variable doesn't exist.  It seems to be known as dirtrack-list
now.

I configured it to match my prompt, and it seems to work fine.  It's not
too elegant, though...

Bye,
Tassilo
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