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strange tab completion behaviour on mailboxes



Hi,
Say I have:
[..]
72     drwxr-xr-x  2 chrisb   chrisb      12288 Nov 24 14:03 cache/
73     drwx------  5 chrisb   chrisb       4096 Nov 05 00:41 cad/
74     drwx------  5 chrisb   chrisb       4096 Jan 24 07:40 camera/
[..]
in ~/Mail and I want to save a message to a canine/ maildir.

I press 's' on a message and get e.g.
Save to mailbox ('?' for list): =OUT-Personal
Now If I backspace:
Save to mailbox: =
then press c tab tab, I get:

 1     drwxr-xr-x  2 chrisb   chrisb      12288 Nov 24 14:03 cache/
 2     drwx------  5 chrisb   chrisb       4096 Nov 05 00:41 cad/
 3     drwx------  5 chrisb   chrisb       4096 Jan 24 07:40 camera/

See there is no canine/ maildir so I press y
Come back to the prompt:
Save to mailbox: =ca
Now if I type n, I get:
Save to mailbox: n
Not what I would expect.
I would expect: Save to mailbox: =can

-- 
Chris.
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" ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of
rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005.