GNU bug report logs - #56532
27.2; Ido C-f in read-file-name inserts twice the initial name

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tobias Bora <tobias.bora <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 56531

Found in version 27.2

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tobias Bora <tobias.bora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 56532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56532: 27.2; Ido C-f in read-file-name inserts twice the initial name
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:51:36 +0300

> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:02:11 +0200
> Cc: 56532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Tobias Bora <tobias.bora <at> gmail.com>
> 
> I can easily reproduce it in emacs -Q yes by simply evaluating the 
> following config:
> 
> (setq ido-everywhere t)
> (ido-mode)
> ;; Stop changing directory when openning a file that does not exist!
> (setq ido-auto-merge-work-directories-length -1)
> 
> (read-file-name  "Picture name:" "/tmp/" nil nil "defaultname.png")

It looks like you aren't supposed to do that under Ido.  See
ido-magic-forward-char.
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