Re: Tramp and VC integration: "calling user"

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Suggestions for solving this:

> (1) New file operation file-mine-p, returns true if the file is owned
>     by the "calling user".  For non-special files, the calling user is
>     the user who invoked Emacs.  For Tramp files, the calling user is
>     the user logged into the remote host.

> (2) New file operation file-calling-user, returns the calling user, as
>     defined in (1).

> (3) Augment the return value of file-remote-p to indicate the calling
>     user.  The return value could be augmented to also indicate the
>     remote host, if the file is remote.

Could you remind me why file-writable-p can't be used?


        Stefan