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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Message #79 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8439: [PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces (v4)
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:07:53 +0300

2012-10-21 03:18 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:
| >    - remove functions related to Cygwin and use
| >      cygwin-convert-path-from-windows
| 
| Again, I don't think ffap should do this.

Files under Cygwin Emacs are opened e.g. in $HOME
or //SHARE/ directories; those contain lines with windows style paths.

| If you want to use Windows file names in Cygwin Emacs, then make Cygwin
| Emacs understand those file names and not just in ffap.

I have no expertise on that area. I'm sure someone can continue to
generalize further.

Speaking from a user's perpective, it would be nice to have an improved
ffap in next release, as the common use is:

  * move point under file name
  * call ffap

   => it reads the file name, suitable for current environment (Cygwin).

Jari
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