GNU bug report logs - #53371
28.0.90; eshell completion error when trying to complete buffer name, args-out-of-range

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.90

Done: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: mail <at> daniel-mendler.de, 53371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53371: 28.0.90; eshell completion error when trying to complete buffer name, args-out-of-range
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 22:40:18 -0800

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On 1/19/2022 9:35 AM, Daniel Mendler wrote:
> 1. Start emacs -Q
> 2. M-x eshell
> 3. Enter "ls > #<" for buffer redirection.
> 4. Pressing TAB results in an args-out-of-range error, see below.
> 
> It seems that completing buffer names is not supported. This feature
> would be nice to have. However in any case, no args-out-of-range error
> should occur.

Here's a patch for this, with a few tests. Note that it depends on my 
patches in bug#61221, so it can't merge quite yet.
[0001-Add-support-for-completing-special-references-e.g.-b.patch (text/plain, attachment)]
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