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diff --git a/lisp/ffap.el b/lisp/ffap.el
index d7544bb5a49..b5d2a02cd1d 100644
--- a/lisp/ffap.el
+++ b/lisp/ffap.el
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ also is substituted for the first empty-string component, if there is one.
Uses `path-separator' to separate the path into substrings."
;; We cannot use parse-colon-path (files.el), since it kills
;; "//" entries using file-name-as-directory.
- ;; Similar: dired-split, TeX-split-string, and RHOGEE's psg-list-env
+ ;; Similar: TeX-split-string, and RHOGEE's psg-list-env
;; in ff-paths and bib-cite. The EMPTY arg may help mimic kpathsea.
(if (or empty (getenv env)) ; should return something
(let ((start 0) match dir ret)
@@ -1449,10 +1449,13 @@ which may actually result in an URL rather than a filename."
(ffap-file-exists-string (substring name 0 (match-beginning 0)))))
;; 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))
- (> (length name) 0)
- (ffap-file-exists-string name)))
- ;; File does not exist, try the alist:
+ (let ((this-name (ffap-string-at-point 'nocolon)))
+ ;; But don't interpret the first part if ":/bin" as
+ ;; the empty string.
+ (when (> (length this-name) 0)
+ (setq name this-name)
+ (ffap-file-exists-string name)))))
+ ;; File does not exist, try the alist:
((let ((alist ffap-alist) tem try case-fold-search)
(while (and alist (not try))
(setq tem (car alist) alist (cdr alist))