GNU bug report logs - #8439
[PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:25:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 6695, 13087

Found in versions 23.2+1-7, 24.0.50, 24.3.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 8439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jari.aalto <at> cante.net
Subject: bug#8439: [PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces (v2)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:11:56 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:44:02 -0400
> Cc: 8439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > +    ;; Under Cygwin, convert drive letters in paths.
> > +    (when (and cygwin-p
> > +               (memq mode '(nil file))
> > +               (string-match "^\\([a-zA-Z]\\):[/\\\\]\\(.*\\)" str))
> > +      (let ((drive (downcase (match-string 1 str)))
> > +            (path (match-string 2 str)))
> > +        (setq str (format "/cygdrive/%s/%s"
> > +                          drive
> > +                          (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\\\]" "/" path)))))
> 
> This shouldn't be here: the right way to do it  is to make the Cygwin
> Emacs accept Windows-style file name.

Someone said in another discussion that Cygwin already does accept
Windows-style file names.
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