From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Integrate Tramp Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:36:16 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200206171631.g5HGVBM13861@aztec.santafe.edu> <200206190223.g5J2NlQ15963@aztec.santafe.edu> <200206201434.g5KEYru18709@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xy9d9h7tu.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024663173 3180 127.0.0.1 (21 Jun 2002 12:39:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm), bob@rattlesnake.com, rms@gnu.org, 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 17LNhN-0000pB-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:39:33 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17LO9X-00045v-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 15:08:39 +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 17LNhM-0004g4-00; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.4.42]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17LNep-0004Va-00; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:36:55 -0400 Original-Received: from lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lothlorien [129.217.19.67]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id g5LCaMb02271; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:36:22 +0200 (MES) Original-Received: from lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (lucy [129.217.19.80]) by lothlorien.cs.uni-dortmund.de id OAA10077; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:36:16 +0200 (MET DST) Original-Received: by lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix, from userid 6104) id AAAA43B5E4; Fri, 21 Jun 2002 14:36:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "21 Jun 2002 16:45:33 +0900") Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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:5046 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5046 Miles Bader writes: > I think that remote paths are _often_ hairy, and so deserve some > special treatment to make them more manageable. Does the variable directory-abbrev-alist help here? I read the documentation, but I'm not sure if it helps. I agree that it would be nice to have this feature. I did not regard it as important so I didn't work on it. (I still get bug reports about Tramp being unable to connect in some situation, which means I've got to start hunting for some bug.) kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)