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27.1; functions in ff-other-file-alist

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Message #43 received at 57325-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57325-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57325: 27.1; functions in ff-other-file-alist
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:10:19 +0300

> From: Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 57325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:48:44 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > But then I think we should replace this code in ff-get-file-name:
> >
> >               (setq file (concat dir "/" filename))
> > with
> >               (setq file (expand-file-name filename dir))
> >
> > and then the code will work with absolute file names as well, even if
> > the file is not already visited in a buffer.  Right?
> 
> Yes, I think that's right.

Done.

> The latest documentation still has this:
> 
>    Note: if an element of the alist names a FUNCTION as its cdr, that
>    function must return a non-nil list of file-name extensions.  It
>    cannot return nil, nor can it signal in any way a failure to find a
>    suitable list of extensions.
> 
> The end of the first sentence should be "file-names."  Then I think this
> bug report can be closed.

Fixed, and closing.

Thanks a lot for your help.

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