From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: how to find out methods for tramp? Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:45:55 +0000 (UTC) Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024422508 1126 127.0.0.1 (18 Jun 2002 17:48:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:48:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 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 17KN5g-0000I3-00 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:48:28 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17KNWU-0006Lb-00 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:16:10 +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 17KN5N-0008Pf-00; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:48:09 -0400 Original-Received: from megalith.rattlesnake.com ([140.186.114.245] helo=localhost) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17KN3J-0008ND-00 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 13:46:01 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.114) Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:45:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE 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:4964 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4964 > How do I find out which methods to use for tramp connections? The variable tramp-methods contains a complete list of available methods. In the Tramp info file, there is a node ... Yes, I looked at those. The are fine explanations. The problem is, the only way I could choose one method instead of another was to try a whole bunch of methods. That is the problem and is inefficent. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com