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Subject: |
pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with "Text is read-only" |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:44:48 +0200 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 0.9.9.5-dev3; emacs 24.2.50.1 |
Package: Emacs
Version: 24.2
Reproducing:
+ Start emacs with "emacs -Q"
+ Start eshell with M-x eshell
+ Ignore case in eshell completion with M-x set-variable ->
eshell-cmpl-ignore-case -> t
+ Exit eshell with the command "exit"
+ Restart eshell with M-x eshell
+ Create a file in your home directory with the command "touch ~/foo"
+ Try to complete said file (in eshell) by typing "cat ~/f" and pressing TAB
Result: No completion is done, message "Text is read-only" appears.
Expected result: "cat ~/foo" appears on screen.
Workaround: Add the following to your init file:
(add-hook 'eshell-mode-hook (lambda () (setq pcomplete-expand-before-complete
t)))
This results in the ~ being expanded (removed) from the path before completing,
thus circumventing the issue.
To my knowledge, this bug exists on Linux and Mac, Emacs 24.2 and the
repository.
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Re: bug#12838: pcomplete on a path with ~ in eshell fails with "Text is read-only" |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:22:58 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I installed a workaround in emacs-24 for eshell.
> Hopefully someone will fix it properly at some point.
Thanks. The completion-at-point version of pcomplete works here, so
I installed a different workaround, and the "fix it properly" will be to
move to completion-at-point.
Stefan
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