There is another special symbol `tramp-own-remote-path` that can be added
to `tramp-remote-path`.  Both of the special symbols show up in customize.
The docstring should definitely mention both.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> (Note: I don't use this.  I just tried to understand it while looking at
> it for someone else.  Perhaps if I used it things would be clearer.)
>
> The doc string says that the value is a list of directories.  But the
> default value is a list of directories, but including the symbol
> `tramp-default-remote-path' as the head of the list.  That symbol
> doesn't look like a directory.  How is a user to understand this?
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
> Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
> Configured using:
>  `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
>
>
>
>


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Thanks,

Jonathan Kotta

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