Subject: Re: bug#3250: 23.0.93; tab completion flakey with tramp when insert-default-directory is nil

From: Chris Withers <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:53:35 +0100

Chong Yidong wrote:
>> fwiw, not sure this is tramp related, I've had similar weirdity when
>> just opening local files with (setq insert-default-directory nil).
>> The minibuffer just seems to get lost as to which directory it's in...
> 
> Your description is too vague.  Please give exact, step by step
> instructions about how to see this bug.

It's a pretty vague bug :-S

Try:

-(setq insert-default-directory nil) in .emacs
-restart
C-x C-f
..
- then try using tab completion

Trying to get into a parent or the current directory and then using tab 
completion seems to be the root of the problem. I don't know any way of 
doing that other than using '../' as a path, and that seems to be what 
causes the problem.

cheers,

Chris

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