GNU bug report logs - #20248
24.3; ido-write-file and control-F writes to the wrong directory

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Package: emacs; Reported by: Don Morrison <dfm@HIDDEN>; merged with #19412; dated Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:52:02 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.
Forcibly Merged 19412 20248. Request was from Stefan Monnier <monnier@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.

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I'm sorry, I just discovered I had already submitted this bug back in
December, but completely forgotten about it. Sorry. It's an exact
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bug#20248; Package emacs. Full text available.

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$ mkdir /tmp/foodir
$ echo "some text" > /tmp/foodir/bar.txt
$ emacs -Q

M-x ido-mode
C-x C-f /tmp/foodir/bar.txt

now edit the file a little

C-x C-w <backspace> C-f

the prompt in the mini-buffer now reads

Write-file: /tmp/

from which you naturally assume it will write the file there,
with the name bar.txt.

Type <return>

It instead tries to write it back to /tmp/foodir/bar.txt



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Acknowledgement sent to Don Morrison <dfm@HIDDEN>:
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