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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: Why is Emacs so slow when used remotely?
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> the real difference between sshfs and tramp is that sshfs is
> transparent to all programs, tramp is only for emacs

Another difference is that with Tramp, you can have processes (like M-x
compile) running on the remote host, which may be much better or much
worse, depending on what you need.


        Stefan