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23.0.60; file name completion fails in *shell* buffer |
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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:09:07 +0200 |
Hello!
When I write in *shell* buffer the command to launch an elderly
version of an Emacs application in Mac OS X to pass some arguments to
it, I use file name completion. I have to do it in steps. I start
with <SPC> that GNU Emacs does not complain when I later try file
name completion and write then "/App" <TAB> that it becomes /
Applications/. I add "Aqu" and <TAB>. The path name is now expanded
to "/Applications/AquaEmacs" with a few choices which are shown in a
*Completions* buffer upon next TAB press:
Click <mouse-2> on a completion to select it.
In this buffer, type RET to select the completion near point.
Possible completions are:
AquaEmacs-2a.app/ AquaEmacs-bundle.app/ AquaEmacs-pre3.app/
AquaEmacs-zuvor.app/ AquaEmacs.app/ AquaEmacs\ 8.0-rc5.app/
I select the last item, i.e. "AquaEmacs\ 8.0-rc5.app/" so that the
command line now shows "/Applications/AquaEmacs\ 8.0-rc5.app/". This
directory has only one member: "Contents". So I hit <TAB> and see: "/
Applications/AquaEmacs 8.0-rc5.app/Contents/". Great! The auxiliary
backslashes are removed from the previously ugly view. This directory
has a few members. To make a choice I hit again <TAB>. In *shell*
buffer nothing happens, a beep sounds, and a *Backtrace* buffer opens:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Opening directory" "no
such file or directory" "/Users/pete/8.0-rc5.app/Contents/")
file-name-completion("" "/Users/pete/8.0-rc5.app/Contents/")
comint-dynamic-complete-as-filename()
shell-dynamic-complete-filename()
run-hook-with-args-until-success(shell-dynamic-complete-filename)
comint-dynamic-complete()
call-interactively(comint-dynamic-complete nil nil)
So it seems that the decision to remove the backslashes wasn't so
clever ...
In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.4 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, GTK+ Version
2.12.11)
of 2008-09-22 on localhost
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version
11.0.40400000
configured using `configure '--without-sound' '--without-pop' '--
with-dbus' '--with-libotf' '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/
Application Support/Emacs/calendar23:/Library/Application Support/
Emacs/caml:/Library/Application Support/Emacs:/sw/share/emacs21/site-
lisp/elib' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/sw/lib/xft2/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/
fontconfig2/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/freetype219/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/
pango-ft219/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/qt4-x11/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/
system-openssl/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/share/pkgconfig:/
usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig'
'CFLAGS=-Wno-pointer-sign -bind_at_load -H -pipe -fPIC -mcpu=7450 -
mtune=7450 -fast -mpim-altivec -ftree-vectorize -foptimize-register-
move -freorder-blocks -freorder-blocks-and-partition -fthread-jumps -
fpeephole -fno-crossjumping' 'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp' 'LDFLAGS=-
bind_at_load -dead_strip -multiply_defined suppress -L/sw/lib/ncurses''
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Debugger
Minor modes in effect:
shell-dirtrack-mode: t
show-paren-mode: t
display-time-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
global-auto-composition-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
column-number-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <escape> x s h
e l l <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-2>
<mouse-2> C-x u o <backspace> SPC / A p p <tab> A q
u <tab> <tab> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <tab> <tab>
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu>
<send-emacs-bug-report>
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Greetings
Pete
Mac OS X is like a wigwam: no fences, no gates, but an apache inside.
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