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23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with space

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From: David Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with space
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:11 -0500

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org mailing list,
and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Create a directory "foo" containing another directory named " bar".
Visit foo, position point on " bar", hit return.  I get a "File no
longer exists" error.

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
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In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54)
 of 2009-08-16 on black.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
  show-paren-mode: t
  server-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
C-p C-p C-p C-p C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p 
<return> M-> M-< C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n M-> M-< C-x C-k C-n C-n C-p <return> C-x C-k 
C-n <return> C-x C-k C-n <return> C-x C-k C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-p <return> <return> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n <return> C-x 
C-k C-p <return> C-x C-k C-p <return> C-x C-k C-p C-p 
M-< C-n C-n C-n C-e C-, C-. C-, C-. C-. C-, C-, C-, 
C-n C-n C-p <return> C-s $ C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-x C-k C-p C-x C-k C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-p C-p <return> C-x C-k C-x C-k C-p <return> 
C-n C-p C-n C-p C-n <return> C-p <return> g C-p C-n 
C-n C-p <return> C-n C-n C-p C-p C-x C-f <tab> <tab> 
. z z <tab> <return> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-p C-p C-p 
C-p C-p C-x C-b C-b M-x e <backspace> e m a c s - b 
u <tab> <M-backspace> <M-backspace> r e p o r t - b 
u <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Quit [5 times]
Loading /Users/dave/elisp/autoload.d/info-setup...
install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/Users/dave/.emacs.d/3rd-party/package.d/semi/info/mime-ui-en.info'
Loading /Users/dave/elisp/autoload.d/info-setup...done
Composing main Info directory...done
Info-search: Search failed: "slow"
Mark set [5 times]
Mark saved where search started
dired-get-file-for-visit: File no longer exists; type `g' to update dired buffer [3 times]
Making completion list...
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Message #8 received at 5349 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: David Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 5349 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with space
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:12:57 -0500

> Create a directory "foo" containing another directory named " bar".
> Visit foo, position point on " bar", hit return.  I get a "File no
> longer exists" error.
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54)
>  of 2009-08-16 on black.local
> Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
> configured using `configure  '--with-ns''

Hmm, I can't reproduce this on i686-pc-linux-gnu, using either 23.1 or
the latest bzr version.  This may be specific to Mac OS X somehow.

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