Re: typo in tramp manual

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

Hi Stephen,

>>>     5.1 TRAMP file name conventions
>>>     ===============================
>>>
>>>        To log in to the remote host as a specific user, you use the
>>>     syntax ‘/user@host:path/to.file’.  That means that connecting to
>>>     ‘melancholia’ as ‘daniel’ and editing ‘.emacs’ in your home
>>>     directory you would specify ‘/daniel@melancholia:.emacs’.
>>>
>>> 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 ‘melancholia’ as ‘daniel’ and editing
> ‘.emacs’ 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.