From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=)
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel
Subject: Re: file-relative-name and remote files
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:02:39 +0100
Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany
Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org
Message-ID: <84el5ix53k.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de>
References: <E18nLzM-0001k5-01@monty-python.gnu.org>
	<3E5A8D95.9090803@math.ku.dk>
	<E18niOm-0000ga-00@fencepost.gnu.org> <3E5C8BAC.8000201@math.ku.dk>
	<E18oAup-0000O3-00@fencepost.gnu.org> <3E5E1F42.3020705@math.ku.dk>
NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047071116 12209 80.91.224.249 (7 Mar 2003 21:05:16 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:05:16 +0000 (UTC)
Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 07 22:05:15 2003
Return-path: <emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org>
Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244])
	by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
	id 18rP1n-0003Am-00
	for <emacs-devel@main.gmane.org>; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:05:15 +0100
Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173])
	by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian))
	id 18rPMl-000423-00
	for <emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org>; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:26:55 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org)
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13)
	id 18rP0S-00078b-0A
	for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:03:52 -0500
Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13)
	id 18rP07-0006c4-00
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:03:31 -0500
Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13)
	id 18rOza-00052u-00
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:03:03 -0500
Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249])
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13)
	id 18rOzS-0004cH-00
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:02:50 -0500
Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
	id 18rOyt-0002wr-00
	for <emacs-devel@gnu.org>; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:02:15 +0100
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
	id 18rOys-0002wb-00
	for <gmane-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org>; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 22:02:14 +0100
Original-Lines: 12
Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org
User-Agent: Gnus/5.090016 (Oort Gnus v0.16) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z2jNkcsqhW4JdFmhSGqohufLNMk=
X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Emacs development discussions. <emacs-devel.gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org>
List-Subscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/emacs-devel>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org
Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12155
X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12155

Lars Hansen <larsh@math.ku.dk> writes:

> One more problem: The syntax to invoke the Tramp file handler
> is "\`/[^/:]+:". So the handler is not invoked in the call
> (expand-file-name "/emacs/../larsh@galois.math.ku.dk:."). The
> call returns "/larsh@galois.math.ku.dk:." but it should return
> "/larsh@galois.math.ku.dk:/home/l/larsh".

So maybe expand-file-name should re-invoke itself until it reaches a
fixpoint?
-- 
A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.