Re: how to persuade shell/ssh mode to use remote dynamic completion.

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

simon.allfrey@epfl.ch (Simon Allfrey) writes:

> Most machines I connect to will only accept secure connections.
> Under ssh remote directory tracking (via tramp/ssh), while possible
> can be very slow. In the case of gateway scenario where the remote
> machines do not support the inline tramp methods, directory tracking
> becomes impossible. Thus I look to the remote shell to support
> command/filename completion but I want to avoid if at all possible
> using the unfriendly term mode.

I understand the "slow" part.  But I don't understand the "gateway
scenario" part -- if you can log in to the machine and get a shell,
then you should be able to use Tramp, no?

kai
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