GNU bug report logs - #19392
Emacs searches for dabbrevs in archive buffers

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From: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 19392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19392: Emacs searches for dabbrevs in archive buffers
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 23:12:27 +0200

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$ emacs -Q random.zip

1. Switch to buffer "*scratch*"
2. Type "P" (without quotes)
3. Press M-/
4. Here it finds expansion "PK" from buffer "random.zip".  Cycling
   with M-/ finds a few more, which are more binary-like.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 at 21:14, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Apparently not from tarballs anymore, but still e.g. from a `.zip'
> > archive. Though I have Emacs 27.1 here, not 28.
>
> I tried visiting a zip file here now (in Emacs 27.1), but I was unable
> to make dabbrev-expand expand to any of the strings in the raw zip file.
>
> Do you have a recipe, starting from "emacs -Q", to reproduce the bug?
> (Including a test zip file, I guess.)
>
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
>    bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
>

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