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 #8 received at 8439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Cc: 8439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:29:16 +0200

Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net> writes:

> An example under Windows:
>
>    (locate-library "ffap.el")C-xC-e
>    c:/Program Files/emacs/emacs-23.3/lisp/ffap.el     M-x ffap on line
>
>    => c:/Program
>
>    With the patch, M-x ffap will offer:
>
>    => c:/Program Files/emacs/emacs-23.3/lisp/ffap.el

[...]

> +	              ;; FIXME: may need better tuning. Currenly matches "/paths like/exam ple.txt"
> +	              (if (looking-at ".*/.* [^[:space:]]*/.*[^[:space:]]")

Won't this be more problematic than helpful?  There may be more matches
of stuff that's not part of the file name.  And spaces in file names
aren't that common in non-Windowsey environments...

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