GNU bug report logs - #2862
23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Oscar Fuentes" <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>

Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 7569

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: 2862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2862: 23.0.92; Dired can't visit file with backslash
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:47:07 -0400

Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es> writes:

> Thanks for fixing the bug that was preventing visiting the file.
>
> Is it correct that \foo is displayed as \\foo on the dired buffer?

Not really, but it will require a lot of work to change that (it's based
on some long-ago design decisions in Dired).
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