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Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:

> "Michael W. Daniels" <daniels@ling.ohio-state.edu> writes:
> 
> > Does anyone know how to use tramp when the remote username contains an @ 
> > sign?
> 
> Maybe Tramp could provide an HTML-like feature where &at; (cf. HTML)
> or %40 (cf. URL) could be typed instead of the @ sign in the user
> name.
> 
> What do people think?

Why not go with the simpler, familar scheme using backslashes, where
"\x" makes x have no special significance, and "\\" denotes ?\ .
  
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