GNU bug report logs - #19626
25.0.50; eshell: extended directory syntax ("...") does not complete

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Samer Masterson <nosefrog <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:19:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 19626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Michalis V." <mvar.40k <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Samer Masterson <nosefrog <at> gmail.com>, 19626 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19626: 25.0.50; eshell: extended directory syntax ("...")
 does not complete
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:47:27 +0200

"Michalis V." <mvar.40k <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> (defun eshell-expand-multiple-dots (filename)
>>   "Convert `...' to `../..', `....' to `../../..', etc..
>
> oops, i wasn't even aware of this eshell feature, sorry about that!

I didn't know about it either.  :-)

> i'm not sure whether this is the correct solution to this problem so if
> there are any concerns please let me know and i'll continue the digging

Thanks.  Looking at the code and the patch, that does seem right the
right solution, so I've now pushed it to Emacs 28.  (But I'm not really
very familiar with eshell.)

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