Subject: Re: bug#18859: 24.3; ibuffer-mark-by-file-name-regexp does not match displayed name

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:53:01 -0700

Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> The following patch fixes this by matching on the abbreviated file name
> (which is what ibuffer uses to create the displayed file name).
>
> But I guess this could be a controversial change -- does anybody have an
> objection to making this change?  

[...]

> -	   (string-match regexp name))))))
> +           ;; Match on the displayed file name (which is abbreviated).
> +	   (string-match regexp (abbreviate-file-name name)))))))

There weren't any objections over a two week period, so I've now applied
this patch.

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