GNU bug report logs - #45257
27.1; ido-find-file incorrectly handles directory names beginning with tilde(~)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: <benthor <at> posteo.de>

Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:58:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 22844

Found in versions 24.4, 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 45257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: benthor <at> posteo.de, 45257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45257: 27.1; ido-find-file incorrectly handles directory
 names beginning with tilde(~)
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:28:30 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Expected behavior:
>> See "Find file: /tmp/ido/~example/test [No match]" in Minibuffer
>> 
>> Observed behavior:
>> See "~/~example/test [No match]" in Minibuffer
>
> You need to quote such special file names, using "/:".

So I think this works basically as designed, and I'm closing this bug
report.  

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