GNU bug report logs - #15385
[Eshell] Directory completion overwrites preceding characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>

Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15385: [Eshell] Directory completion overwrites preceding
 characters
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:29:38 +0200

Aidan Gauland <aidalgol <at> no8wireless.co.nz> writes:

> The bug seems to be in pcomplete, line 1140 of pcomplete.el, to be
> exact:
>
>   (delete-char (- (length (comint-quote-filename stub))))

With helm completion enabled, this bug is not reproductible, if that
help you can look at the code here:
https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/blob/master/helm-eshell.el

How to enable helm completion in eshell:
https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/wiki#wiki-helmeshellcompletion

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Thierry
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