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24.5; List-Directory closes with error when invalid path is typed instead of prompting the user to fix it

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 25807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, my.old.email.sucked <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#25807: 24.5;
 List-Directory closes with error when invalid path is typed instead
 of prompting the user to fix it
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2017 12:23:04 +0200

Ping!

> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:15:45 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 25807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > From: Colin <my.old.email.sucked <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:20:10 +1100
> > 
> > If I hit `C-x C-d`, I receive the prompt `List directory (breif): ~/` - if I
> > type `/tmp/foo` and hit Enter my message buffer shows `insert-directory:
> > Reading directory: no such file or directory, /tmp/foo` - the prompt has
> > now gone and I'm unable to fix my mistake without repeating the entire
> > process.
> 
> Could someone knowledgeable about completion please suggest a way to
> do better in these use cases, or perhaps propose a patch?  We are
> looking for a way to reject non-existing directories, but accept
> existing ones and wildcards, when the user types RET in these cases.
> 
> There is "permissive completion with confirmation", but that requires
> the user to type TAB before it kicks in, which IMO is sub-optimal (and
> counter-intuitive) in this case.
> 
> TIA

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