Subject: bug#6299: In read-file-name: (args-out-of-range "c:" 0 3)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 10:18:44 -0400

>>> What about (file-name-nondirectory "c:")?
ELISP> (file-name-nondirectory "c:")
>> ""

Good thanks.

>>> And what about (file-name-all-completions
>>>                (file-name-nondirectory "c:")
>>>                (file-name-directory "c:")) ?
>> Returns all files and dirs in C:/

Again, thank you.

> The same + tramp's symbols (fcp:, psftp:, plinkx: etc) and tramp's
> usernames ("some.one@" etc).

Not sure if that's correct, but it's a separate problem.
I've installed the patch below which should hopefully fix the original problem.
Please confirm.

        Stefan

=== modified file 'lisp/minibuffer.el'
--- lisp/minibuffer.el	2010-05-12 00:39:46 +0000
+++ lisp/minibuffer.el	2010-05-30 14:13:36 +0000
@@ -1342,7 +1342,14 @@
    ((eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries)
     (let ((start (length (file-name-directory string)))
           (end (string-match-p "/" (cdr action))))
-      (list* 'boundaries start end)))
+      (list* 'boundaries
+             ;; if `string' is "C:" in w32, (file-name-directory string)
+             ;; returns "C:/", so `start' is 3 rather than 2.
+             ;; Not quite sure what is The Right Fix, but clipping it
+             ;; back to 2 will work for this particular case.  We'll
+             ;; see if we can come up with a better fix when we bump
+             ;; into more such problematic cases.
+             (min start (length string)) end)))
 
      ((eq action 'lambda)
       (if (zerop (length string))
@@ -1395,17 +1402,18 @@
   (cond
    ((eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries)
     ;; For the boundaries, we can't really delegate to
-    ;; completion-file-name-table and then fix them up, because it
-    ;; would require us to track the relationship between `str' and
+    ;; substitute-in-file-name+completion-file-name-table and then fix
+    ;; them up (as we do for the other actions), because it would
+    ;; require us to track the relationship between `str' and
     ;; `string', which is difficult.  And in any case, if
-    ;; substitute-in-file-name turns "fo-$TO-ba" into "fo-o/b-ba", there's
-    ;; no way for us to return proper boundaries info, because the
-    ;; boundary is not (yet) in `string'.
-    ;; FIXME: Actually there is a way to return correct boundaries info,
-    ;; at the condition of modifying the all-completions return accordingly.
-    (let ((start (length (file-name-directory string)))
-          (end (string-match-p "/" (cdr action))))
-      (list* 'boundaries start end)))
+    ;; substitute-in-file-name turns "fo-$TO-ba" into "fo-o/b-ba",
+    ;; there's no way for us to return proper boundaries info, because
+    ;; the boundary is not (yet) in `string'.
+    ;;
+    ;; FIXME: Actually there is a way to return correct boundaries
+    ;; info, at the condition of modifying the all-completions
+    ;; return accordingly. But for now, let's not bother.
+    (completion-file-name-table string pred action))
 
        (t
     (let* ((default-directory