bug#2686: marked as done (tramp-file-name-handler)

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Your message dated Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:38:43 -0400
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and subject line Re: bug#2686: tramp-file-name-handler
has caused the Emacs bug report #2686,
regarding tramp-file-name-handler
to be marked as done.

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> tramp-file-name-handler
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> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:35:47 +0000
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> In emacs 22.3 any attempt to tab complete a local filename in a buffer 
> which is visiting a remote file using tramp results in a "Not a tramp 
> file name" error.
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> In other words if I just do C-x C-f to load a file, and starting a local 
> filename without first killing the minibuffer contents, then I get that 
> error if I hit tab to do completion.
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> The reason for this is the addition of a call to substitute-in-file-name 
> at the top of tramp-file-name-handler. This was intended to expand 
> environment variables but has the side effect of removing the tramp 
> filename from the start of the buffer leaving just a local filename.
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> When that value is then passed to with-parsed-tramp-file-name it raises 
> the error when it tries to dissect the name.
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> I guess the solution is to check the foreign flag before making the call 
> to with-parsed-tramp-file-name and if it is not set to just pass the 
> operation on?
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> Tom
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> Tom Hughes (tom@compton.nu)
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> Re: bug#2686: tramp-file-name-handler
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> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:38:43 -0400
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> Tom Hughes wrote:
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> > In emacs 22.3 any attempt to tab complete a local filename in a buffer 
> > which is visiting a remote file using tramp results in a "Not a tramp 
> > file name" error.
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> > In other words if I just do C-x C-f to load a file, and starting a local 
> > filename without first killing the minibuffer contents, then I get that 
> > error if I hit tab to do completion.
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> Thanks. I can see this in emacs 22.3, but it seems to be already fixed
> in the current CVS trunk, so will be fixed in Emacs 23.1.
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