From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Feature request: new function start-remote-process Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:17:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87sl8qpueb.fsf@gmx.de> <87k5trkgxn.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182907405 24517 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2007 01:23:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:23:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 27 03:23:24 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I3MFg-0002TS-1u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:23:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3MFf-00007w-Du for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:23:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3MFc-00007r-I8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:23:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3MFY-00007f-3H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:23:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3MFX-00007c-TM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:23:15 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts20.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.74] helo=tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I3MFX-00085a-Fw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:23:15 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([74.12.206.238]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070627012314.MWDO1637.tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net@ceviche.home> for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:23:14 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 93617B4E84; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:17:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87k5trkgxn.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Mon\, 25 Jun 2007 20\:49\:40 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73900 Archived-At: >> with Emacs 22.1, the function process-file has been introduced. It is an >> extension for call-process, which let programs execute a remote host >> when default-directory is remote. It is implemented via a file handler. >> >> start-remote-process shall behave similar: if default-directory points >> to a remote host, the corresponding program shall be executed there. > Looks like nobody objects. I'll install it next days in the trunk, > unless there is a veto. In order not to derogate(?) to the custom of objecting late, I'll add an objection right now: the name is wrong because it indicates for what you use the feature rather than what it does. I think that the name should include "file" somewhere rather than (or at least additionally to) "remote", since the key aspect compared to start-process is that it's a file-name operation. So I'd call it "start-file-process". Other than that, I fully support this feature, of course. Stefan