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 #17 received at 15385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Aidan Gauland <aidalgol <at> no8wireless.co.nz>
To: 15385 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#15385: [Eshell] Directory completion overwrites preceding
 characters
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 06:55:51 +1200

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 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

Oh great, this gets even weirder.  Thanks for the info!
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