GNU bug report logs - #20205
24.4; lgrep will not accept a directory of ~ to search; problem with read-file-name?

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20205 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mark Lillibridge <mdl <at> foil.strangled.net>
Subject: bug#20205: 24.4; lgrep will not accept a directory of ~ to search; problem with read-file-name?
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:41:54 +0200

tags 20205 + notabug
close 20205
quit

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> (found also in Emacs 24.3, not in 24.2)
>>
>> Recipe:
>>     emacs -q
>>
>>     M-x lgrep enter
>>     target enter
>>     enter
>>     <edit mini-buffer to get ~; I had to backspace once then hit ~>
>>     enter
>>
>> when you hit the last enter, Emacs gives you a completion buffer and
>> refuses to accept "~" as a valid directory to search.  "~/" does work,
>> however.
>
> It's a feature: "~" gets completed to "~USER" where USER are the users
> known by the system.

With the above explanation, I'm closing this as notabug.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.