From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: how to persuade shell/ssh mode to use remote dynamic completion. Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:17:42 +0200 Organization: University of Dortmund, Germany Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3D4118C1.6AABE580@epfl.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1027685879 12556 127.0.0.1 (26 Jul 2002 12:17:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:17:59 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17Y42g-0003GO-00 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:17:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Y430-00042a-00; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:18:18 -0400 Original-Received: from sjc3-1.relay.mail.uu.net ([199.171.54.122]) by fencepost.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Y42W-000428-00 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de by sjc3sosrv11.alter.net with ESMTP (peer crosschecked as: waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.4.42]) id QQmzef21966 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:17:46 GMT Original-Received: from fbi-news.cs.uni-dortmund.de (fbi-news [129.217.4.45]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id g6QCHhb15111 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:17:44 +0200 (MES) Original-Received: (news@localhost) by fbi-news.cs.uni-dortmund.de id g6QCHhr23950; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 14:17:43 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@moderators.isc.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 17 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8T4ekqvgwWA3jqYJy3cfb6GE+Dg= Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:2918 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:2918 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 -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)