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24.3; default-directory with aliases in shell-mode

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From: Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; default-directory with aliases in shell-mode
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 10:16:12 -0400

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Changing directories with a shell alias does not update
default-directory. This affects subsequent commands such as dired, and
shell behavior such as tab completion. Follow on relative path changes
such as `$ cd ..' have the expected effect in the shell, and move
default-directory relative to the working directory before using a cd
alias. Subsequent non-aliased cd commands do not affect
default-directory unless the working directory of the shell matches
default-directory.

$ emacs -q
`M-x shell RET'
~$ pwd
/home/user
`C-h v default-directory RET'
  => default-directory is a variable defined in `C source code'.
  Its value is "/home/user/"
~$ mkdir foobar
~$ cd foobar
~/foobar$
`C-h v default-directory RET'
  => ... Its value is "/home/user/foobar/"
~/foobar$ alias fb='cd foobar'
~/foobar$ cd ..
~$ fb
~/foobar$
`C-h v default-directory RET'
  => ...Its value is "/home/user/"
~/foobar$ cd ..
~$
`C-h v default-directory RET'
  => ...Its value is "/home/"
~$ cd foobar
~/foobar$
`C-h v default-directory RET'
  => ...Its value is "/home/"
~/foobar$ cd /home
/home$ cd user/foobar
~/foobar$
`C-h v default-directory RET'
  => ...Its value is "/home/user/foobar/"

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please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file
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In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.2)
 of 2014-02-22 on king, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11303000
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  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
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Recent input:

<menu> s h e l l <return> C-h v d e f a u <tab> d i r <tab> <return> c d
SPC f o o b a r <return> C-h v <up> <return> m k <backspace> <backspace>
c d SPC . . <return> f b <return> a l i a s SPC f b = ' c d SPC f o o b
a r ' <return> l s <return> f b <return> C-h v <up> <return> c d SPC
. . <return> f b <return> C-h v <up> <return> c d SPC . . <return> C-h v
<up> <return> c d SPC f o <tab> o b a r <return> C-h v <up> <return> c d
SPC / <return> c d SPC h o <tab> j a <tab> <return> C-h v <up> <return>
<menu> r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return>

Recent messages:

/home

/

No match

/
~


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Message #8 received at 17656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 17656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17656: 24.3; default-directory with aliases in shell-mode
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 13:30:46 -0400

This is http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9555
You can use M-x shell-resync-dirs to fix things up.

Message #13 received at 17656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#17656: 24.3; default-directory with aliases in shell-mode
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:17:08 -0400

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Glenn,

Thanks, that did the trick.

I'd like to automate this by reading in aliases from my bash aliases file.
Would it be reasonable to do something like adding shell-resync-dirs as a
(conditional, if last command matched a cd alias) hook on
comint-output-filter-functions?

Additionally, is there an easy way to hide the execution of `dirs' from the
shell buffer?

Thanks, Jake


On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>
> This is http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9555
> You can use M-x shell-resync-dirs to fix things up.
>

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Message #16 received at 17656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: bug#9555 <9555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Cc: 17656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17656: 24.3; default-directory with aliases in shell-mode
Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 15:05:59 +0200

> Is it possible to come up with a third way that is better than these?

Emacs 29 has this via `comint-osc-directory-tracker', which is on by
default.  I think that's probably as good as it's going to get, so I'm
therefore closing this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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