From unknown Sat Aug 16 10:44:35 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#5349 <5349@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#5349 <5349@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with space Reply-To: bug#5349 <5349@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:44:35 +0000 retitle 5349 23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with s= pace reassign 5349 emacs submitter 5349 David Abrahams severity 5349 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jan 10 08:22:33 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jan 2010 13:22:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NTxkW-0002h3-7k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:32 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NTxkU-0002gw-2O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:30 -0500 Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:58045 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NTxkO-0005sa-MW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:25 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTxkN-0008IK-Ef for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:24 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on monty-python X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO, INFO_TLD, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no version=3.1.0 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:39477) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTxkN-0008IG-7B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:23 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTxkM-0005a7-UJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:22 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTxkI-0005Zt-6w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:22 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49634 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTxkI-0005Zq-4I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:18 -0500 Received: from boost-consulting.com ([64.156.193.20]:59007) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTxkH-0008HS-Ln for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:17 -0500 Received: from zreba.local (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com [207.172.223.249]) (Authenticated sender: dave) by boost-consulting.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D12B71CC1E; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:23:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from zreba.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zreba.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91AEF18C9E94; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:22:11 -0500 Message-ID: From: David Abrahams To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with space User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.7 (Almost Unreal) SEMI/1.14.6 (Maruoka) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL/10.7 Emacs/23.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Organization: BoostPro Computing MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) 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@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 /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/etc/DEBUG for instructions. 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 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 C-x C-k C-n C-x C-k C-n 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 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 C-x C-k C-p C-x C-k C-p 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 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 C-x C-k C-x C-k C-p C-n C-p C-n C-p C-n C-p g C-p C-n C-n C-p C-n C-n C-p C-p C-x C-f . z z 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 e m a c s - b u r e p o r t - b u 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... -- Dave Abrahams Meet me at BoostCon: http://www.boostcon.com BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jan 11 12:13:06 2010 Received: (at 5349) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2010 17:13:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUNpC-00018r-Ao for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:13:06 -0500 Received: from pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.124]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NUNpA-00018O-9C for 5349@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:13:04 -0500 Received: from furry (dhcp128036014123.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.123]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0BHCwaI026860 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:12:58 -0500 Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E8B7FC05D; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:12:57 -0700 (MST) From: Chong Yidong To: David Abrahams Subject: Re: 23.1; [dired] can't enter directories whose name starts with space Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:12:57 -0500 Message-ID: <87aawk7eg6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -3.2 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 5349 Cc: 5349@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > 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. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jan 27 19:13:46 2010 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Jan 2010 00:13:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NaI14-0003WI-8V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:13:46 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NaI12-0003WB-1C for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:13:44 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NaI0y-0002kj-9B; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:13:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19296.54964.237486.393967@fencepost.gnu.org> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:13:40 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: control Subject: control X-Attribution: GM X-Mailer: VM (www.wonderworks.com/vm), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs) X-Hue: magenta X-Ran: jqeI@9]N2j9L=T5y{46XM$yis^=8-t%A[c3H.k}5+~~"#Nf)E5)8*?XxH+0T%:q./m!M*2 X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) tags 5032 moreinfo reassign 5032 emacs,w32 reassign 5040 emacs,w32 severity 5042 wishlist reassign 5074 emacs,w32 severity 5105 minor tags 5173 patch severity 5183 minor severity 5184 minor submitter 5195 monnier@iro.umontreal.ca unarchive 5227 unmerge 5227 tags 5251 patch severity 5290 wishlist reassign 5299 emacs,w32 tags 5326 patch reopen 5336 severity 5336 serious retitle 5336 DOC file is arch dependent reassign 5349 emacs,ns severity 5433 wishlist close 5456 reassign 5464 emacs,w32 reassign 5465 emacs,w32 reassign 5480 emacs,gnus reassign 5482 emacs,w32 reassign 5484 emacs,etags tags 5484 patch From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 03 15:50:30 2010 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Dec 2010 20:50:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POcaM-00025i-Lx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:50:30 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POcaK-00025V-BS; Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:50:28 -0500 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33793) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1POcfq-0000S8-RT; Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:56:10 -0500 To: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: bug#7546: 23.2; [dired] leading spaces in directory names References: From: Glenn Morris X-Spook: HAMASMOIS enforcers CESID Tony Blair FSF Montenegro X-Ran: $Q?T'iYPQ^&25P+Xu&PGM0|Ce4DD7M8O1C/8|b(J(X$%qZX9_KHJ+A4!HgVe>SK`Ixn8R- X-Hue: cyan X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:56:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Fri\, 03 Dec 2010 15\:43\:03 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 7546@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) merge 5349 7546 stop You already reported this. http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5349 (I can't reproduce it on GNU/Linux either.) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Dec 04 17:06:52 2010 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Dec 2010 22:06:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PP0Fo-0006nt-1a for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:06:52 -0500 Received: from vm-emlprdomr-05.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.146]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PP0Fm-0006nh-Ev for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:06:50 -0500 Received: from furball (dhcp128036014248.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-05.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oB4MCbG8012131 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 17:12:38 -0500 Received: by furball (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B00F016059F; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 17:12:37 -0500 (EST) From: Chong Yidong To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: close 7546 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:12:37 -0500 Message-ID: <87d3phyyp6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.146 X-Spam-Score: -2.7 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.7 (--) close 7546 thanks From unknown Sat Aug 16 10:44:35 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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