bug#1285: marked as done (23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d')

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has caused the Emacs bug report #1285,
regarding 23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d'
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> 23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d'
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> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:16:07 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)
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> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.12 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
>  of 2008-10-25 on escher
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> When I type `C-x d <something> TAB', where `<something>' is any sequence
> of characters, then if `<something>' can complete to more than one
> directory name, then the *Completions* buffer displays only those
> directory names, but no non-directory file names.  But if `<something>'
> can complete to a non-directory file name, then it does.  For example,
> on my system `C-x d /usr/lib/libv TAB' completes to '/usr/lib/libvisual'
> and after a second TAB the *Completions* buffer displays:
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> Possible completions are:
> libvisual-0.4/
> libvisual/
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> But `C-x d /usr/lib/libvisual-0.4. TAB' completes to 
> '/usr/lib/libvisual-0.4.so.0'
> and after a second TAB the *Completions* buffer displays:
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> Possible completions are:
> libvisual-0.4.so.0
> libvisual-0.4.so.0.0.0
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> Typing `C-x C-f /usr/lib/libvis TAB' completes to '/usr/lib/libvisual'
> and after a second TAB the *Completions* buffer displays:
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> Possible completions are:
> libvisual-0.4.so.0                 libvisual-0.4.so.0.0.0
> libvisual-0.4/                     libvisual/
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> (In Emacs 22.2, `C-x d [or: C-x C-f] /usr/lib/libvis TAB' does just the
> latter.)
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> This is with -Q, and I get the same behavior with completion-styles set
> to any of `basic', `emacs21', emacs22', or `partial-completion'.
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> Re: 23.0.60; minibuffer-complete and `C-x d'
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> Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:25:33 -0500
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)
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> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
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> >> How bout reverting to the old version of dired-read-dir-and-switches
> >> then?  (We can keep the new version commented out, so that someone can
> >> come back to try and get it working properly later.)
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> > Sure,
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> Done.
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