GNU bug report logs - #7229
23.1; ido guess and ffap bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Thibault Kruse" <thibault.kruse <at> gmx.de>

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:52:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 8990, 24057

Found in versions 23.1, 23.3, 25.1.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Thibault Kruse <thibault.kruse <at> gmx.de>, 7229 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7229: 23.1; ido guess and ffap bug
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:03:28 +0400

Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 2010-10-17 04:08 +0800, Thibault Kruse wrote:
>> enter /**
>> cursor at the end of that line
>> M-x ido-find-file (or C-x f): ido suggests /**, instead of pwd
>> enter <test />
>> cursor at the end of that line
>> M-x ido-find-file (or C-x f): ido suggests /, instead of pwd
>>
>> same for M-x ffap
>
> I don't see any bugs here. ido and ffap seem working consistently per
> your request (/** and / are valid file names).

Maybe we should be able to restrict `ffap-file-at-point' to local files
(which it checks for existence).

After all, the variable that enables this behavior is called
`ido-use-filename-at-point', and the description does not tell you that
the thing at point could be interpreted as a remote URL.
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