GNU bug report logs - #28299
don't throw away what the user entered when he should enter a non-directory file name

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Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 28018

Found in version 5.13

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: don't throw away what the user entered when he should enter a
 non-directory file name
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:14:15 +0800

o runs the command gnus-mime-save-part.

If one enters just /tmp
then one sees
"Please enter a non-directory file name"
which is fine, except it *throws away /tmp*,
and we have to enter /tmp/a instead of just continuing with /a .

Gnus v5.13
GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.17)
 of 2017-08-01, modified by Debian
Forcibly Merged 28018 28299. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:03:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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bug#28299; Package emacs,gnus. (Thu, 31 Aug 2017 01:04:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #10 received at 28299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 28299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28299: don't throw away what the user entered when he should
 enter a non-directory file name
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:03:41 +0900

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:14:15 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> o runs the command gnus-mime-save-part.

> If one enters just /tmp
> then one sees
> "Please enter a non-directory file name"
> which is fine, except it *throws away /tmp*,
> and we have to enter /tmp/a instead of just continuing with /a .

Well, I think it's not necessarily a bug, but that feature looks
useful.  I've made a change in the Emacs git master as follows:

<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2017-08/msg00348.html>

Thanks.
bug marked as fixed in version 26.1, send any further explanations to 28299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:43:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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