From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Integrate Tramp Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:48:09 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200206171631.g5HGVBM13861@aztec.santafe.edu> <200206190223.g5J2NlQ15963@aztec.santafe.edu> <5x8z5bqvxc.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200206210940.g5L9ejN20277@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024653068 19505 127.0.0.1 (21 Jun 2002 09:51:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:51:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17LL4O-00054U-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:51:08 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17LLWV-0000Uc-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:20:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17LL4Q-00049B-00; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 05:51:10 -0400 Original-Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193] helo=Cantor.suse.de) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17LL1Y-0003yq-00; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 05:48:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Hermes.suse.de (Charybdis.suse.de [213.95.15.201]) by Cantor.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B9314601; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:48:11 +0200 (MEST) X-Authentication-Warning: sykes.suse.de: schwab set sender to schwab@suse.de using -f Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Yow: I like the way ONLY their mouths move.. They look like DYING OYSTERS In-Reply-To: <200206210940.g5L9ejN20277@aztec.santafe.edu> (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 21 Jun 2002 03:40:45 -0600 (MDT)") Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.3.50 (ia64-suse-linux) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5040 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5040 Richard Stallman writes: |> Actually, the full tramp format seems to be |> |> /[method/user@host]/path/to/file |> |> I think using / to separate the method is a really bad idea, as it |> makes it non-trivial to parse or split a filename. |> |> If we adapt the idea of using the same notation as ange-ftp, i.e. |> /user@host:/path/to/file |> you could add the method as |> /[method]user@host:/ |> |> I suggest user@host@method (or some other permutation) This has the disadvantage that it becomes ambiguous if you want to leave out one of the components. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."