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[PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8439 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 6695 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jari.aalto <at> cante.net
Subject: bug#8439: [PATCH] ffap.el -- detect paths with spaces (v4)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:13:04 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> The c: isn't included, but is that to be expected?
>
> Is it?  I thought the intent was to include the full file name, which
> means the drive letter should be included.  Otherwise the file will
> not be found.

I don't have a Windows system to test with...  it's possible that the
functions return the file name including the c: on a Windows machine?

>> So what do people think?  Good or bad?  Does this work in any way
>> sensibly for people?
>
> Since the heuristic only covers some use cases, I think we should have
> it off by default, and we should document its potential pitfalls in
> the doc string.  With those qualifications, I'm okay with adding this
> optional feature.

OK, I've added some tests and pushed it to the trunk.

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