((eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries)
(let ((start (length (file-name-directory string)))
(end (string-match-p "/" (cdr action))))
- (list* 'boundaries start end)))
-
- ((eq action 'lambda)
- (if (zerop (length string))
- nil ;Not sure why it's here, but it probably doesn't harm.
- (funcall (or pred 'file-exists-p) string)))
+ (list* 'boundaries
+ ;; if `string' is "C:" in w32, (file-name-directory string)
+ ;; returns "C:/", so `start' is 3 rather than 2.
+ ;; Not quite sure what is The Right Fix, but clipping it
+ ;; back to 2 will work for this particular case. We'll
+ ;; see if we can come up with a better fix when we bump
+ ;; into more such problematic cases.
+ (min start (length string)) end)))
+
+ ((eq action 'lambda)
+ (if (zerop (length string))
+ nil ;Not sure why it's here, but it probably doesn't harm.
+ (funcall (or pred 'file-exists-p) string)))
(t
(let* ((name (file-name-nondirectory string))
(cond
((eq (car-safe action) 'boundaries)
;; For the boundaries, we can't really delegate to
- ;; completion-file-name-table and then fix them up, because it
- ;; would require us to track the relationship between `str' and
+ ;; substitute-in-file-name+completion-file-name-table and then fix
+ ;; them up (as we do for the other actions), because it would
+ ;; require us to track the relationship between `str' and
;; `string', which is difficult. And in any case, if
- ;; substitute-in-file-name turns "fo-$TO-ba" into "fo-o/b-ba", there's
- ;; no way for us to return proper boundaries info, because the
- ;; boundary is not (yet) in `string'.
- ;; FIXME: Actually there is a way to return correct boundaries info,
- ;; at the condition of modifying the all-completions return accordingly.
- (let ((start (length (file-name-directory string)))
- (end (string-match-p "/" (cdr action))))
- (list* 'boundaries start end)))
+ ;; substitute-in-file-name turns "fo-$TO-ba" into "fo-o/b-ba",
+ ;; there's no way for us to return proper boundaries info, because
+ ;; the boundary is not (yet) in `string'.
+ ;;
+ ;; FIXME: Actually there is a way to return correct boundaries
+ ;; info, at the condition of modifying the all-completions
+ ;; return accordingly. But for now, let's not bother.
+ (completion-file-name-table string pred action))
- (t
+ (t
(let* ((default-directory
(if (stringp pred)
;; It used to be that `pred' was abused to pass `dir'