GNU bug report logs - #2686
tramp-file-name-handler

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Tom Hughes <tom <at> compton.nu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: tramp-file-name-handler
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:35:47 +0000

In emacs 22.3 any attempt to tab complete a local filename in a buffer 
which is visiting a remote file using tramp results in a "Not a tramp 
file name" error.

In other words if I just do C-x C-f to load a file, and starting a local 
filename without first killing the minibuffer contents, then I get that 
error if I hit tab to do completion.

The reason for this is the addition of a call to substitute-in-file-name 
at the top of tramp-file-name-handler. This was intended to expand 
environment variables but has the side effect of removing the tramp 
filename from the start of the buffer leaving just a local filename.

When that value is then passed to with-parsed-tramp-file-name it raises 
the error when it tries to dissect the name.

I guess the solution is to check the foreign flag before making the call 
to with-parsed-tramp-file-name and if it is not set to just pass the 
operation on?

Tom

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Tom Hughes (tom <at> compton.nu)
http://www.compton.nu/

Message #10 received at 2686-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 2686-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2686: tramp-file-name-handler
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:38:43 -0400

Tom Hughes wrote:

> In emacs 22.3 any attempt to tab complete a local filename in a buffer 
> which is visiting a remote file using tramp results in a "Not a tramp 
> file name" error.
>
> In other words if I just do C-x C-f to load a file, and starting a local 
> filename without first killing the minibuffer contents, then I get that 
> error if I hit tab to do completion.

Thanks. I can see this in emacs 22.3, but it seems to be already fixed
in the current CVS trunk, so will be fixed in Emacs 23.1.

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