[Bug: 21.5-b27] read-file-name in XEmacs/Win32

[Marcus Harnisch]

Hi Vin

"Vin Shelton" <acs at alumni.princeton.edu> writes:
>>  Trying to save MIME data from Gnus uses the wrong default directory. I
>>  set mm-default directory to "~/Downloads/" (also tried
>>  "~\\Downloads\\" without success)
>>
>>  Debugging revealed that the correct directory name has been passed to
>>  `read-file-name' but the function seems to ignore that. I always get
>>  whatever "~" expands to, no matter what.
>
> Interesting.  Here's a shot in the dark: What is the value of ~, i.e.
> $HOME?  Does the value contain spaces?

I am pretty sure it does: "C:\\Documents and Settings\\mh"
But I am not sure if this is the root cause. Normally applications
unable to deal with whitespace in filenames would then show something
like ""C:\\Documents" and error because of the additional parameters.

BTW, it could be a glitch with the Windows file selection dialog. When
I call the function interactively (M-x gnus-mime-save-part), the
prompt defaults to the expected directory and filename.

Don't have the time right now to dig my teeth deeper into that. Maybe
on the weekend.

Regards,
Marcus