bug#7215: 24.0.50; Minibuffer path completion mispositions point

[Stefan Monnier]

> Now delete most of "directory", leaving the minibuffer as:

>   Find file: .../dir*/subdir/

> Now press [tab]. This correctly completes "dir" back to "directory", but
> also moves point backwards, resulting in:

>   Find file: .../di*rectory/subdir/

I've installed the patch below into the emacs-23 branch.  This should
fix the problem.  Please confirm,


        Stefan
        
        
=== modified file 'lisp/minibuffer.el'
--- lisp/minibuffer.el  2010-10-03 19:50:14 +0000
+++ lisp/minibuffer.el  2010-10-17 17:26:12 +0000
@@ -498,10 +498,11 @@
       (setq suffix-len (1+ suffix-len)))
     (unless (zerop suffix-len)
       (setq end (- end suffix-len))
-      (setq newtext (substring newtext 0 (- suffix-len)))))
+      (setq newtext (substring newtext 0 (- suffix-len))))
   (goto-char beg)
   (insert newtext)
-  (delete-region (point) (+ (point) (- end beg))))
+    (delete-region (point) (+ (point) (- end beg)))
+    (forward-char suffix-len)))
 
 (defun completion--do-completion (&optional try-completion-function)
   "Do the completion and return a summary of what happened.