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28.0.50; default-directory & buffer-file-name set to file:// URLs

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41114 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#41114: 28.0.50; default-directory & buffer-file-name set to file:// URLs
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 12:50:14 +0100

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Tassilo,

> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. (browse-url-emacs "file:///home/horn/.bashrc") ;; Adapt file name.
>
> The result of the procedure is that `buffer-file-name' is
> "file:///home/horn/.bashrc" and `default-directory' is
> "file:///home/horn/".
>
> According to the docs, both variables should be absolute file names, not
> URLs.
>
> The problems with those URLs are at least that:
>
> - C-x C-f in that buffer will offer a completely broken initial
>   directory when querying for a file or directory.  For me it is
>   ~/Repos/el/emacs/src/file:/home/horn/file:/home/horn/.
>
> - When call-process is called from that buffer it'll error that
>   file:///home/horn/ cannot be set as current directory.

While the problem still exists in the emacs-28 branch, it seems to be
fixed in master. Perhaps due to commit e06319b39d5, but I don't know.

So I propose to close the bug.

Best regards, Michael.

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