From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: typo in tramp manual Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:18:12 +0100 Message-ID: <87o9x6agln.fsf@detlef> References: <87shmj735r.fsf@nyu.edu> <87y3wag7vu.fsf@detlef> <87efy2hjbu.fsf@gmx.net> 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 1489317532 15113 195.159.176.226 (12 Mar 2017 11:18:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:18:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, allan gottlieb To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 12 12:18:48 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 1cn1WS-0003B6-J2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:18:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46553 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn1WV-0004Kt-Cg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 07:18:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn1W4-0004Kk-GT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 07:18:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn1Vz-0000uI-Hj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 07:18:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:49373) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cn1Vz-0000tc-7q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 07:18:19 -0400 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([87.146.62.175]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx003 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lt1eU-1c7wB21Ou2-012aJW; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:18:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87efy2hjbu.fsf@gmx.net> (Stephen Berman's message of "Sun, 12 Mar 2017 11:37:25 +0100") X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:vabcv8UyzcTMSzuz8Mrxcu3OWHuB6ZmEIuhKRSIwGMOYYCkt62a YRET8iK74E5QJZpsRapvkl67uzYGQOTHuxDqQn4RGqly7l8Zbdo48i3HfFmDQZE3uK6Y8vE FD1kQg3Aewpf35krAwDU6atptJj43pv29TWpRV4qilcd0q4GpFdmNSnWzsP5fi5+z9DJS5E GGL0p8amVuLMIr3EnbKSA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:4cQQfxGzLGY=:JApup2ddei6icfznbc9uma YEJYkLHLeAvlrUxZByqdH1QFMVxkIGg8VaMnsMUA12BqidWW/gFMUWR61WutEtL8qARvWhYmZ tW6g8Z9PMXWTatew4/0YHiBQWE6rtD4H7tP1Y4AdAF3yT4Xl0nq76CWERNVDBsV2UYDWQVn9m 2fdIZ0KVlL2ewb+AkCBy2ilu7J9PEjS+i9gK9iNoUU6E0acBkB5Epu68b1JSgbneYG3CHBrn/ ZyFWwFb35k5f41HktVHOlj+sXjb6BtJyc5aXvfRBT6tTkL9IhIsIlUjP2/iITEppOxZXk0ry3 jwoJadlaZDeQSowh9fUvLBx3itWC1WGTvcYxHdOh/wUFoSRAOMW/tSE1evKdXR4Wn+xIsIM0i M0r30wIxJovbEuNVVNyx0pIlOrKcyqrIThuQQi7GRREfQnG/ZYIrlxJsdttm9qLHxomQO77U6 jIkgzIWCA9mGGnHr1I4JDcjVN6jV8XJJwwBfr3oSe26YhnLGgtre9xgtgtNllyHEiSVGkgtR4 /u+8LKMXIXn1WwU0BIzJHqVV5s6wDp3eH681zrfR8MhX9y2/Y1602Fh49aC4s6SV1xdyjuh79 cB9ZpYKkEqghGKu3vs+0qb611+va9qjFM8wulqsWgVQUZcZ6cgR4/4MkbA21Hjh+lSdlHCrWE E+Yhnr4PH1o8XxMeAEzoq05jThR99rGihz3lvJhjDmNO/hf6ATxFr/ijp+epW4gvkAObQbFfC lp1O1iiDEyuzlLSaiQRniVaamJkklaUxjGpW2KAVRGU7GNHh8e04O7nDc7o3Ku59YR5xkAfy X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.227.15.18 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:112545 Archived-At: Stephen Berman writes: Hi Stephen, >>> 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 = connecting to >>> =E2=80=98melancholia=E2=80=99 as =E2=80=98daniel=E2=80=99 and editi= ng =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=98= daniel=E2=80=99 and editing > =E2=80=98.emacs=E2=80=99 in Daniel's home directory ...". > ^^^^^^^^ I see, thanks. However, this seems to be corrected already in both Tramp 2.2.13 and 2.3.1. Allan seems to use an older Tramp version. > Steve Berman Best regards, Michael.