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24.3; ido-write-file sometimes writes to a different directory than it says it will

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Ryan C. Thompson" <rct <at> thompsonclan.org>
Cc: 19412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#19412: 24.3; ido-write-file sometimes writes to a different directory than, it says it will
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:43:37 +0100

"Ryan C. Thompson" <rct <at> thompsonclan.org> writes:

> And to do that, we need to preserve the user's current input
> verbatim when falling back.

Sounds reasonable, but who knows what people are doing in the setup
hooks there?  So I worry about making a change like this, perhaps overly
much.

I guess the only way to find out whether it breaks a lot of stuff or
not is to try it out and get feedback.

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