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From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
Subject: conflict between filetype and buffer
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Date: 7 Jun 90 22:12:37 GMT
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I've been wondering why dired won't visit files such as ~/projects,
which is a directory.  I find that filetype_CanonicalizeFilename does
not put a '/' on the end of a directory filename, but
buffer_GetBufferOnFile insists on having such a '/', to visit it, even
though buffer KNOWS that the file exists and that it is a directory! 
Hey, if the canonical form is without a '/', then buffer should visit
it.  Or if it's with a slash, then filetype should add that slash.

Bill