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"~/.emacs" asks me to visit TAGS table instead opening .emacs

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From: Mats Lidell <matsl <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 43690 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43690: "~/.emacs" asks me to visit TAGS table instead opening .emacs
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 17:30:13 +0100

We have been unable to replicate this issue, so we are closing the issue.

> Jean Louis writes:
> I was following these instructions:
>
> > ** Implicit Path Links
>
> > Any existing absolute or relative pathname (whether doubly quoted or not)
> > acts as an implicit button that either displays the referenced path within a
> > buffer, passes it to an external viewer program, or runs a function that
> > operates upon the path.  These are `pathname' implicit buttons.  For example,
> > activate "HY-ABOUT".  HY-ABOUT or `HY-ABOUT' would work as well.   Or try
> > "~/.emacs".  Pathname implicit buttons provide one example of how Hyperbole
> > can improve your working environment without requiring any work from you.
>
> When I did M-RET on "~/.emacs" I got in minibuffer:
>
> Visit tags table (default TAGS): ~/.emacs.d/elpa/hyperbole-7.1.2/
>
> and that was not what I expected.
>
> Additionally, if cursor is on dot, the M-RET will not work on
> "~/.emacs"
>
> Additionally, if cursors is on last quotation mark, Emacs starts doing
> something and I can only interrupt it.
>
> I use: Editor: GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 15, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X
> toolkit, cairo version 1.14.8, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>
>         Hyperbole:   7.1.2
>         Sys Type:    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>         OS Type:     gnu/linux
>         Window Sys:  x
>         News Reader: Gnus v5.13
>
>
>
>

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%% Mats

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