bug#67759: [ android ] 30.0.50; unable to access device storage

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On 2023-12-11 08:12, Po Lu wrote:
> Please don't remove the bug tracker from the CC list.
>
> జిందం వాఐి <jindam.vani@disroot.org> writes:
>
> > On 2023-12-11 06:38, Po Lu wrote:
> >
> > > This might seem trivial, but people have run across this pithole
> > > before:
> > > have you erased the leading "~" character in the default file name
> > > prompt?  If not, do so, as Android's storage directory is located at
> > > /sdcard rather than your home folder.
> > > But assuming that you have, you've likely omitted the trailing "/"
> > > after
> > > the file name that informs Emacs it is a directory.  Absent this
> > > character, file name completion will complete from / instead of
> > > /sdcard,
> > > and your device is one of those which deny Emacs the rights to 
> > > examine
> > > /.
> >
> > menu_ file_ opendirectory
> > * ~/
> > * press enter
> > * shows 6 files [ 2 saved messages,
> > emacs.d, emacs-fa...., 2 dots ]
> >
> > no effect [ using hackerskeyboard ]
> > on find file or open directory
> > * omitted ~ and type sdcard or
> > storage
> > * omitted ~ and / and type
> > sdcard or storage
>
> I don't understand, sorry.  Would you describe the actions you took in
> English, rather than as such a heavily abridged enumeration?

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