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bug#2585: 23.0.90; read-file-name with dialog


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: bug#2585: 23.0.90; read-file-name with dialog
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:24:44 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux)

>> Whoever did the conversion of read-file-name from C to lisp probably 
>> knows what was meant by this, by my naive impression is that the 
>> following logic is a mistake:
>> 
>> ;; If DIR contains a file name, split it.
>> (let ((file (file-name-nondirectory dir)))
>> (when (and default-filename (not (zerop (length file))))
>> (setq default-filename file)
>> (setq dir (file-name-directory dir)))
>> 
>> The third line makes more sense to me as:
>> 
>> (when (and (not default-filename) (not (zerop (length file))))
>> 
>> ie. if default-filename is specified, then the splitting should NOT be
>> done.

> That seems right to me.  Stefan, you were the one who rewrote
> read-file-name; could you verify this?

Yes, it looks right,


        Stefan






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