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23.0.60; Dired remote creates local directory through the menus

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; Dired remote creates local directory through the menus
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:03:15 +0200

If you open a remote directory in dired and try to create a directory 
through the menus

  Immediate
    Create Directory

a local directory will be created. However if you use the key binding 
(+) it works as expected.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-03-29

Message #10 received at 99 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 99 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Dired remote creates local directory through the menus
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:54:36 -0400

> If you open a remote directory in dired and try to create a directory 
> through the menus
>
>   Immediate
>     Create Directory
>
> a local directory will be created. However if you use the key binding 
> (+) it works as expected.

That's strange; the two should do the same thing, because they both run
dired-create-directory.  Could you try to debug this?

Message #15 received at 99 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: joakim <at> verona.se
To: 99 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com
Subject: unable to reproduce
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:55:43 +0200

Hi Lennart!

I tried reproducing this with the following tramp url:

  /ssh:localhost:/tmp

and I can create directories with both the menu option and the + key.

Do you still get this problem? If so, can you give more info so I can
reproduce?

  
-- 
Joakim Verona

Message #20 received at 99 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: joakim <at> verona.se
Cc: 99 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#99: unable to reproduce
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:39:55 -0400

> If so, can you give more info so I can reproduce?

Beware: last I heard, Richard is not very favorable to Emacs
hackers's reproduction.  Maybe he'll change his mind when my daughter
takes over maintainership (20 years from now)?


        Stefan

Message #32 received at 99 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: 99 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Dired remote creates local directory from the menus
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:33:50 +0200

I can still easily reproduce this bug. Joakim (who can not reproduce
this) was using ssh, I am using ftp.

I am on w32 I guess that matters too. I think you are using GNU/Linux,
Joakim?

Message #37 received at 99 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: 99 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Joakim Verona <joakim <at> verona.se>
Subject: Re: bug#99: Dired remote creates local directory from the menus
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:51:48 +0200

Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> I can still easily reproduce this bug. Joakim (who can not reproduce
> this) was using ssh, I am using ftp.
> 
> I am on w32 I guess that matters too. I think you are using GNU/Linux,
> Joakim?


I took a look at it. The problem is in using the system file dialog to
read remote file names on w32. This just gives a local file name.

I am surprised that this works for you, Joakim. Does the file dialog on
GNU/Linux understand Emacs remote file syntax?

I think the fix is simple. Just tell read-file-name to not use a dialog:

                (if (or (not (next-read-file-uses-dialog-p))
                        (when default-filename
                          (file-remote-p default-filename))
                        (file-remote-p dir))

Message #42 received at 99 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: joakim <at> verona.se
To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 99 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#99: Dired remote creates local directory from the menus
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:05:18 +0200

"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
>> I can still easily reproduce this bug. Joakim (who can not reproduce
>> this) was using ssh, I am using ftp.
>> 
>> I am on w32 I guess that matters too. I think you are using GNU/Linux,
>> Joakim?
>
>
> I took a look at it. The problem is in using the system file dialog to
> read remote file names on w32. This just gives a local file name.
>
> I am surprised that this works for you, Joakim. Does the file dialog on
> GNU/Linux understand Emacs remote file syntax?

I dont get a file-dialog at all, because I have disabled those.
I just use tramp syntax with find-file, which is why I didnt understand
the problem.


> I think the fix is simple. Just tell read-file-name to not use a dialog:
>
>                 (if (or (not (next-read-file-uses-dialog-p))
>                         (when default-filename
>                           (file-remote-p default-filename))
>                         (file-remote-p dir))

I'll try it out.

-- 
Joakim Verona

Message #49 received at 99-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 99-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Dired remote creates local directory through the menus
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:08:00 -0500

> If you open a remote directory in dired and try to create a directory
> through the menus

>   Immediate
>     Create Directory

> a local directory will be created. However if you use the key binding
> (+) it works as expected.

I've changed read-file-name so that it doesn't use a graphical file
dialog if the directory is remote.  Thanks for reporting this bug.

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