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24.4.50; REGRESSION: `read-file-name' from a menu (mouse) treats "~/" as installation dir

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#17950: closed (Re: bug#17950: 24.4.50; REGRESSION:
 `read-file-name' from a menu (mouse) treats "~/"	as	installation dir)
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 09:29:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#17950: 24.4.50; REGRESSION: `read-file-name' from a menu (mouse) treats "~/" as installation dir

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

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 17950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 17950-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#17950: 24.4.50;
 REGRESSION: `read-file-name' from a menu (mouse) treats
 "~/"	as	installation dir
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:28:05 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com,  17950 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:39:43 -0400
> 
> > Given that this is standard behavior of the file selection dialog on
> > Windows 7 and later, the question is, should we try to work around it
> > (assuming there is a workaround, which is something I'm not yet sure)?
> 
> To the extent that using the system's dialog is meant to follow the
> system's behavior, I think it makes sense to just "go with the flow".

No further comments, so I documented the changed behavior in emacs-24
branch, revision 117373, and I'm closing the bug.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4.50; REGRESSION: `read-file-name' from a menu (mouse) treats "~/"
 as installation dir
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 14:29:24 -0700 (PDT)

emacs -Q

(defun foo (file)
  (interactive (list (read-file-name "Foo: " "~/")))
  (message "File is `%s'" file))

(define-key menu-bar-file-menu [foo] '(menu-item "FOOOO" foo))

(expand-file-name "~/") ; correctly returns my home directory, as in
previous Emacs versions.

And `M-x foo' correctly uses `~/' as the directory.

But invoking the same command `foo' from the menu (item `FOOOO') uses
the Emacs installation directory instead.


In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-06-28 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 117431 rgm <at> gnu.org-20140628015517-eku6hj8mpgcvfnso
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/Devel/emacs/snapshot/trunk
 --enable-checking=yes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3'
 LDFLAGS=-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib 'CPPFLAGS=-DGC_MCHECK=1
 -Ic:/Devel/emacs/include''

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