From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24665: 25.1; Confusing documentation of Tramp methods Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:40:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87vaww8u3i.fsf@gmx.de> References: <83mvibcef1.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1476351746 25671 195.159.176.226 (13 Oct 2016 09:42:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:42:26 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 24665@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 13 11:42:22 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bucWf-00050M-Ca for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:42:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38903 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bucWe-0006gd-2R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41406) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bucVc-0005x3-86 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bucVa-0006Xt-Bl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:41:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:47528) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bucVa-0006Xn-7t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:41:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bucVZ-0005I2-RA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:41:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:41:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24665 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24665-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24665.147635166020320 (code B ref 24665); Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:41:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24665) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Oct 2016 09:41:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53718 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bucVY-0005Hg-9e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:41:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:54686) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bucVW-0005HS-8G for 24665@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:40:58 -0400 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([87.146.45.35]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M2ts6-1b2EfU2XHq-00sgEP; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:40:50 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83mvibcef1.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:29:06 +0300") X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:OHcES60F3AiwMGlpIWjwQ3yx3nFVb6gJIhM7vpBLAIM9o/iUNhO Q9KLLlC/3Cc9BFndjWUAEbI3vMMAHbz+7mMW6FiMd4gWHjkVAI/IBtOFhnUt1FQbl8XRLix YTLpRCXrAYLr9TOiQicxJ6oP3CT3uFsWv/wB8Xp03rlKwO8CVGnXy2b/gi1Dzmfzi40e+j3 yfIY/MIN6mAcIsEItiqZg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:hJcRsvh7So4=:O/xbc04s/pNMFYNg1bmkck kZcgIJ7M7M7eE9ok4kvzJVXc6pg1aTZwLoV78XZkxMy5mRa3zI9YglTl73boyFa4QbHbdxTXJ qhP+DYNDSMcePz+pHBXqxWELr7UjqPDmRLkC1goJtNx68vNnQaXJ1I1FubCdpTuovLUKzCtlu Bu/HL0/EVIYeaTLXzKO66uDjtEASsMMDi0dlTnuyPdpkWxEmD6j/75cUfcj/Q0d6QWi/uLk06 A4CRWYSK6EbYKiuYh0+sBTpjwWT/ozwZIO5K9XNAoDEIXaDutZI9FJjg+Npt737e0B9crmoFL SSNn/OEtpfzx3Vsq4jSDua7Fx3omvZBklLsgI7UnHBx07spwaoLT7/bxu87kINwADTNOoAt+Z e1FQnmbOl93TCh5oQS2ZGitfmFkQGFBfqCRn3kAlQVQiJP7XLH4j1drQ8Zkz7G00aMinB8Q/G Ur4DY2mqgumYuKO8t01WUoulxkBy92NkSI/lUzOfhUIaG/xIFL6DMBKkc+rRzGq6+Ae5rFS6F TlthUJGwHez7L65oBSWlGN/QVoePo1RIPvYl28YWss+WbkPGOFMS7MgPJAU2Bp8ezlzT9QdQQ 22Q99KQwDtwXOyJdmIFeXNBOSoXywBaSSKFprRf6h7pSwWUZRm3wkX6XvQoQn1aoS7pX320Bs gzzg7DTUu6dFY0RGnRsipVqzmtnAYDeYiXPIpDINq+wUMVIpzLosQdGiDoOuTwc5JuHWcrMNL BXziS7161wMHk2rCf6m1nFw3KpRPCNKyQ1pDYUybEh3IPaJVjGWjOqc6aqSq5kfd1LzvAQ84 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:124428 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > But in reality, Tramp says 'Unknown method "pscp-plink"'. Using just > "pscp" does work. > > So it seems like the above doesn't mean to say I should use > "pscp-plink" literally. But what _does_ it mean? I didn't find any > clues neither in the Tramp manual nor in the doc string of > tramp-methods. I confirm it might confuse people (though this is part of the Tramp manual more than 15 years, longer than I am engaged with Tramp :-) Will fix it in the master branch. The emacs-25 branch contains Tramp 2.2, which is in maintenance mode, and shall see serious bug fixes for Tramp only. Best regards, Michael.