On 5/9/2024 10:45 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 13:30:57 -0700
>> Cc: 70792@debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
>>
>> Maybe the better solution would simply be for "/local:"[1] to be an
>> Eshell-only syntax that DTRT within Eshell. There shouldn't be any
>> conflict so long as Tramp promises not to add a "local" method. :)
> 
> I agree that it's a better solution: since the problem is Eshell-only,
> having the solution in Eshell has several advantages.

Here's a patch for the first part of this: it just changes the Eshell 
syntax for "run this command on localhost even if cwd is remote" to use 
"/local:program" instead of "/:program". Now, users can instead use "/:" 
in an Eshell command name to *disable* any remote file handlers.

For example "/:/ssh:user@remote:/foo" now means, "Run the program 'foo' 
on the current host, located in the directory '/ssh:user@remote:/'."

Next, I'll work on updating my original patch for this bug to use the 
new syntax (possibly with a new way of handling "/local:" if I need it). 
I wanted to get this ready first though so that Eshell is in a 
release-ready state for the upcoming Emacs 30, even if I don't finish 
the rest of this in time.