From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Integrate Tramp Date: 19 Jun 2002 14:45:19 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <5x8z5bqvxc.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: <200206171631.g5HGVBM13861@aztec.santafe.edu> <200206190223.g5J2NlQ15963@aztec.santafe.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024487129 18961 127.0.0.1 (19 Jun 2002 11:45:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:45:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE, 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 17Kdtx-0004vg-00 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:45:29 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17KeL8-0005OX-00 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:13:34 +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 17Kdtv-0006KD-00; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:45:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Kdt9-00064t-00; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:44:39 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 57D457C016; Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:44:37 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <200206190223.g5J2NlQ15963@aztec.santafe.edu> Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:4985 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:4985 Richard Stallman writes: > Simply via the filename. /[user@host]/path/to/file (including the > square brackets) is a Tramp filename, whereas > /user@host:/path/to/file is an Ange-FTP filename. > > I see now. When I saw this before I did not realize that the > brackets were meant literally. > Actually, the full tramp format seems to be /[method/user@host]/path/to/file I think using / to separate the method is a really bad idea, as it makes it non-trivial to parse or split a filename. If we adapt the idea of using the same notation as ange-ftp, i.e. /user@host:/path/to/file you could add the method as /[method]user@host:/ if you really need to specify the method (using a list of host,method mapping and auto-detection would be much better). -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk