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In article <mailman.2.1289504993.29678.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> wrote:

> Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name> writes:
> 
> > I'm absolutely fed up with tramp's inability to play nicely with other
> > modes. What are the alternatives, please?
> 
> The major problem is when "other modes" call external programs. Often,
> they are not prepared to run on remote hosts.

This also seems to happen with some basic commands.  If I'm in a buffer 
visiting a remote file, and use M-!, it tries to run the command on the 
remote system.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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