From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: typo in tramp manual Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:37:25 +0100 Message-ID: <87efy2hjbu.fsf@gmx.net> References: <87shmj735r.fsf@nyu.edu> <87y3wag7vu.fsf@detlef> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1489315102 32104 195.159.176.226 (12 Mar 2017 10:38:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:38:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, allan gottlieb To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 12 11:38:18 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cn0tE-0007ni-Ux for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:38:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46473 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn0tK-0006h3-Us for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 06:38:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39466) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn0sa-0006fW-E3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 06:37:37 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn0sX-0002ur-Cn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 06:37:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:53821) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn0sX-0002uc-1z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 06:37:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rosalinde ([83.135.12.93]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LyVIk-1c93Gj0QVC-015raz; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:37:27 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87y3wag7vu.fsf@detlef> (Michael Albinus's message of "Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:29:57 +0100") X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:vhl9I/J9KXlhwo+E8O11CxYTY4g1j1Q8B1088mtF6FPkiHZ3nCR X3knVtlPSAkcK2Y9AhLl1t2bO+28nx9FsZK79vvTiK6xTlZ6e8+AwjAdqbwVzVaKt7Nl+21 VbGGhjl1DA45NbLFjaNVe6TwUlFLweMBGOwyz4Pu37DuSCbF0ai0Kw5UUxa0pZ8urw4sx5k cQVxq3pZhQBb6zH+mMaJg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:1rAHPaxl8Js=:86W5wwpJnxYwNZh/WDagNP 4cCbwUP5nGDjPGOUfIESAwwGsGf2awbnoUt00N3RIkq+6B7YRegRJdgMHNemGkJsQ/mIffpy1 Y1HO3TwZW12guR2JQzPWLqvTF4tferfWYBrTKTIRhRilXGaBJaimuZlJc6KcVjb9pfhR2++NI AzA97IGYRHPNdEWn42W/mhYYp9oj0GRddWNvVbCPvH8M/N96CmdDhR4B2tamWbl6+1VmbRzTE DIuCYaVrWwNsi82ROc56TdRxzorH7gh3IyIf3lmiuTdoXcu/xh7Mh0N46sCuaKb2kniP911fp qezM73oD548Rd4feUiBANPBwElNsYI4Iq1g43xinconiVYCpY8GfuMCfmMUvTL/iAopRqwhza REh4y7XevbOjNLhtILrhfT52pPv89BvxP6ZVeEtBXYJPs/LDCEQ6Pr7go3m9selC2z6EyyA/n /3hrZSfCY5KaWwBzAIHhFv6eMXH3rmSO1tUKXXcSlGwwCsGSpRRTjbliLnjdDgfJ1UKnHer0O eEtuQT76pzsGNVf44qakzIGdynxrIkyZJ7BRBCyXpvTZgSjsF5mtpjKr5yZ8K7hiTF8bs1fmJ KLVicu8kpPzjmy3qwl5N0QbdALr+OCHWRyKjL4oe7rI6jiLKdq7/u/rDXPa+P5/8TT+xF8WZc WAFH2COOHXlI1kVtTKuDZQ1VCOaTqrt1O8JD4LtbINUqlsFjWEeCzvNcOGyAA8w4B1A+miq63 wNqqsolNKP8HEwh/NLomicqB4aczmDcaBapAVpyCoggqZKsQV3CWAxsH4SPpP+2oArev2JW9 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.15 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112544 Archived-At: On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:29:57 +0100 Michael Albinus = wrote: > allan gottlieb writes: > > Hi Alan, > >> 5.1 TRAMP file name conventions >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >> >> To log in to the remote host as a specific user, you use the >> syntax =E2=80=98/user@host:path/to.file=E2=80=99. That means that c= onnecting to >> =E2=80=98melancholia=E2=80=99 as =E2=80=98daniel=E2=80=99 and editin= g =E2=80=98.emacs=E2=80=99 in your home >> directory you would specify =E2=80=98/daniel@melancholia:.emacs=E2= =80=99. >> >> I believe the example given would edit '.emacs/ in DANIEL's home >> directory. > > Why do you believe this? Usually, nobody owns a directory ".emacs/". But > it is common for a file ".emacs" to exist in a home directory. I think "'.emacs/" is a typo for "'.emacs'" and Allan meant the doc should read "... connecting to =E2=80=98melancholia=E2=80=99 as =E2=80=98da= niel=E2=80=99 and editing =E2=80=98.emacs=E2=80=99 in Daniel's home directory ...". ^^^^^^^^ Steve Berman