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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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.
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