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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: <benthor <at> posteo.de>
Cc: 45257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45257: 27.1; ido-find-file incorrectly handles directory names beginning with tilde(~)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:26:21 +0200

> From: <benthor <at> posteo.de>
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:21:05 +0100
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> mkdir -p /tmp/ido/~example/
> emacs -Q
> M-x ido-mode
> C-x C-f //tmp/ido/~example/test
> 
> 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 "/:".
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