GNU bug report logs - #6830
widget-complete bad completions in :type 'file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 11:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6830 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6830: widget-complete bad completions in :type 'file
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:47:43 -0400

Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I just enter any text in the file field, for example "aaa" and then
> with point still in this field I do "M-x widget-complete". This gives
> me all of the files in default-directory in the *Completions* buffer.
>
> Don't you see the same? What Emacs are you testing with?

If I enter "~/aaa" in the widget field and there is no file starting
with "aaa" in my home directory, M-TAB does nothing except for
displaying "No match" in the echo area.

This is with the latest trunk, on GNU/Linux.
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 75 days ago.

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