GNU bug report logs - #15386
24.3; [Eshell] Second completion unsuccessful if equal to first

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: 15386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15386: 24.3; [Eshell] Second completion unsuccessful if equal
 to first
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 01:21:06 -0700

Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm> writes:

> Starting from `emacs -Q', Eshell cannot complete a directory if the
> completion target is on the same line before it:
>
>     $ ls ~/Dropbox/ ~/Dro
>
> does not complete, even though there is a completion target. The
> following *does* produce the correct completion:
>
>     $ ls ~/Dropbox/Work/ ~/Dro
>
> The following, however, does not:
>
>     $ ls ~/Dropbox/ ~/Dropbox/Work/ ~/Dro

(This was reported 7 years ago but unfortunately never got a reply at
the time.)

I can reproduce this on current master, using emacs -Q.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 239 days ago.

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