CORRECT VERSION: tramp (2.0.51); tramp and file-name-all-completions

[Kim F. Storm]

PLEASE IGNORE MY PREVIOUS POST 
(Due to temporary brain power failure, I had swapped the args to
file-name-all-completions, so the reported ERROR/OK was swapped too).

THIS IS THE PROPER BUG REPORT.

I'm trying to make ido work sensibly with tramp syntax -- but
getting a grip on file-name-all-completions is really a nightmare.

Ido uses file-name-all-completions to get a list of all possible
completions of "the next component" to be entered by the user.

Now, consider these tramp file name:

     /method:address@hidden:/file
     /address@hidden:/file
     /host:/file

Ideally, ido would like to call file-name-all-completions like this:

         (file-name-all-completions "" "/method:")
         (file-name-all-completions "" "/method:user@")
         (file-name-all-completions "" "/method:address@hidden:")
         (file-name-all-completions "" "/method:address@hidden:/file")
                                       
         (file-name-all-completions "" "/user@")
         (file-name-all-completions "" "/address@hidden:")
                                       
         (file-name-all-completions "" "/host:")

However, this does not always work -- look at these examples:

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/telnet:")
=> ERROR: "Login Failed"

Swapping the args works:

(file-name-all-completions "/telnet:" "")
=> OK

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/telnet:kfs@")
=> ERROR: Login Failed

The desired result can be obtained with this call
(swap args, remove leading / of first arg, add / to second arg):

(file-name-all-completions "telnet:kfs@" "/")
=> OK

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/telnet:address@hidden:")
=> OK

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/telnet:address@hidden:/tmp")
=> OK

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/kfs@")
=> (file-error "Opening directory" "no such file or directory" "/kfs@")

Swapping the args works:

(file-name-all-completions "/kfs@" "")
=> OK

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/address@hidden:")
=> OK

========

(file-name-all-completions "" "/localhost:")
=> OK

========

I have made ido adapt to all these strange rules, but it is not very
nice -- and I have to know whether /xxx: is a method or a host, since:

(file-name-all-completions "" "/localhost:")
=> OK

(file-name-all-completions "" "/telnet:")
=> ERROR

(file-name-all-completions "/telnet:" "")
=> OK

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 22.0.50.54 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2005-10-14 on kfs-l.imdomain.dk
Package: tramp (2.0.51)


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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk