From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [david.reitter@gmail.com: file-remote-p malfunctions at site-start (file-name-handler-alist init)] Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:37:53 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87bqigk47a.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174916305 23228 80.91.229.12 (26 Mar 2007 13:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 26 15:38:18 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HVpOs-0006I6-Ab for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:38:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVpR7-0006MZ-9l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:40:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVpR4-0006K1-5m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:40:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HVpQz-0006EA-MY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:40:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HVpQz-0006Dz-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:40:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailrelay1.alcatel.de ([194.113.59.95]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HVpOf-00037T-Hb; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:38:06 -0400 Original-Received: from slbhab.alcatel.de (slbhab.bln.sel.alcatel.de [149.204.63.218]) by mailrelay1.alcatel.de (8.13.4/8.13.4/ICT) with ESMTP id l2QDbrwW028890; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:37:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:14:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (hpux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 149.204.45.72 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:68603 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> This could conceivably be achieved by moving >> tramp-register-file-name-handlers from after-init-hook to >> before-init-hook. > > Why is it done so late? Why not do it at dump time? It was there initially. Then it was changed, because people didn't want to get Tramp enabled mandatory for file name completion. Now the registration is done only in case `partial-completion-mode' is active, which must be checked. The comment in the code says ;; During autoload, it shall be checked whether ;; `partial-completion-mode' is active. Therefore registering will be ;; delayed. See also > Stefan Best regards, Michael.