GNU bug report logs - #23006
25.0.92; Loading Tramp breaks pcomplete in eshell-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 02:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.92

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 23006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#23006: 25.0.92; Loading Tramp breaks pcomplete in eshell-mode
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:05:44 -0400

> Tramp needs an indication that file name completion is in progress.

That's where we disagree.

> Otherwise, it would regard remote file names like "/adb:" safe
> to be handled, and it would report an error then.

This bug report is not about "cd /adb: TAB signals an error" but about
"cd / TAB signals an error".  The "/adb:" part comes from Tramp because
of a problem in Tramp's implementation of file-name-directory, AFAICT.
It has nothing to do with file name completion.


        Stefan
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