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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Packages: emacs, gnus;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 259 days ago.

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