GNU bug report logs - #4592
Bug in built-in function substitute-in-file-name

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mosur Mohan <mognush <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:45:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Mosur Mohan <mognush <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 4592 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#4592: Bug in built-in function substitute-in-file-name
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:07:05 +0200

Mosur Mohan <mognush <at> gmail.com> writes:

> When I start up Emacs, I go to the *scratch* buffer and eval
>     (substitute-in-file-name "/~/")
> and I get the expected result
>     "~/"
>
> After running for a while, I notice that filename completion starts
> giving errors.  At this point, I re-try the above experiment:
>     (substitute-in-file-name "/~/")
> But now, I get:
>     "/~/"
>
> I am not able to figure out what happened in between to make it stop
> working correctly.

What does
 (find-file-name-handler "/~/" 'substitute-in-file-name)
return?

Andreas.

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