Subject: bug#15162: closed (Re: bug#15162: 24.3; Emacs cannot visit a file named " ")

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:11:03 +0000

Your bug report

#15162: 24.3; Emacs cannot visit a file named " "

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#15162: 24.3; Emacs cannot visit a file named " "
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:10:23 -0400
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Version: 24.4

Ulrich Mueller wrote:

> $ emacs -Q " "
>
> outputs a message "Empty string for buffer name is not allowed" and
> refuses to visit the file.

Don't know why you want to do that, but fixed.

Subject: 24.3; Emacs cannot visit a file named " "
From: Ulrich Mueller <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:58:31 +0200
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$ emacs -Q " "

outputs a message "Empty string for buffer name is not allowed" and
refuses to visit the file.

This still worked in Emacs 22.3. Seems that this commit broke it:
http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/revision/79740