pinkiesOut <nemo1211@gmail.com> writes:

> Although tab completion in eshell works on my local system,
> pressing tab when connected to another machine over ssh results
> in the insertion of a literal tab character. Running pcomplete
> manually with M-x produces the same result, confirming that the
> function is properly bound to my tab key. Some friendly folks at
> #emacs point out that tab completion in eshell should just work
> over ssh.
>
> Oddly, I do not have this problem when connecting to the same
> server using term or ansi-term mode. Does anyone have an idea of
> what might be breaking this functionality?

It doesn't know which program you're running.  It simply assumes
a command-line program, which is true --- you are talking to your
login shell.  Since Eshell doesn't have a `char-mode' like term
does, it sends your input line by line, so it ends up as a
literal tab.

Use `cd /ssh:user@host:'.

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