Re: find-directory-p always returns nil in locate-mode on windows xp

[Luc Teirlinck]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

   > Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 10:19:36 -0500 (CDT)
   > From: Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden>
   > 
   > For instance, if one of the listed files is a directory, then using
   > `i' to insert that directory will only work if the default directory
   > is "/'.

   Why is that?

Because, when default-directory is ~/, in my case /home/teirllm, and I
have the line

/home/teirllm/compdir

in the *Locate* buffer, then I get (yanked from *Messages*):

dired-insert-subdir: Attempt to insert a non-directory:
/home/teirllm/home/teirllm/compdir/

Of course, /home/teirllm/home/teirllm/compdir/ is not a directory,
home/teirllm/compdir/ is.

   FWIW, with yesterday's CVS, the MS-DOS port doesn't care about "/"
   being the default-directory in the *Locate* buffer, and `i' works.  I
   cannot test a recent Windows port where I type this, though.

Do you mean, it works even if "/" is the default directory, that is,
you do not see the original reported problem?  Or do you mean that
everything works fine with some other default-directory?

Sincerely,

Luc.