bug#4374: find-file-at-point doesn't recognize absolute file paths with trailing line numbers. (Patch included.)

[Juri Linkov]

> I frequently run across absolute file paths with a trailing line-number
> specification, e.g. ~/foo.el:7.
> Find-file-at-point fails to recognize the file part and falls back to
> opening the parent dir.

The part after the colon already gets removed by the following rule:

         ;; If it contains a colon, get rid of it (and return if exists)
         ((and (string-match path-separator name)
               (setq name (ffap-string-at-point 'nocolon))
               (ffap-file-exists-string name)))

I wonder what the value of `path-separator' do you have?  Is it a colon?

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Juri Linkov
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