typo in tramp manual

typo in tramp manual

[allan gottlieb]

    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.

I also think "path/to.file" is less commonly used in the docs than
path/to/file.

allan

Re: typo in tramp manual

[Michael Albinus]

allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> writes:

Hi Alan,

>     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 also think "path/to.file" is less commonly used in the docs than
> path/to/file.

Indeed. I've changed it.

> allan

Best regards, Michael.

Re: typo in tramp manual

[Stephen Berman]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:29:57 +0100 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:

> allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> writes:
>
> Hi Alan,
>
>>     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 ...".
            ^^^^^^^^
Steve Berman

Re: typo in tramp manual

[Michael Albinus]

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.