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23.1; find-file tramp ipv6 not a wildcard

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Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:05:04 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Cc: 5198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5198: 23.1; find-file tramp ipv6 not a wildcard
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:40:51 +0100

Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au> writes:

> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
>>
>> I've added a check in `file-expand-wildcards' to handle this case.
>
> Would find-file-noselect look at
>
>     (file-remote-p filename 'localname)
>
> like file-expand-wildcards now too?

No necessarily. It calls itself recursively with the result of
file-expand-wildcards.

> And/or would there be merit in a function that checked if there's
> wildcards in a filename (ie. anything file-expand-wildcards could
> expand), rather than a string-match?  It might help if new wildness was
> added one day, like bash style {xx,yy,zz} alternations or something.

Maybe. OTOH, one could introduce it, when the need arises.

Best regards, Michael.
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