From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Modified remote file name syntax Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:04:49 -0400 Message-ID: <87varduk72.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> References: <8737ehayai.fsf@detlef> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52183) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cnUsQ-0007kJ-Nx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:39:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cnUsM-00018A-Rk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:39:26 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=37565 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cnUsM-00017G-Ko for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:39:22 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cnUKz-0006P7-TW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 19:04:53 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Heads-up: if you are using remote directories, you'll want to read this. Michael Albinus writes: > Hi, > > today I've committed a patch, which changes the remote file name syntax > in Emacs. The "method" part, optional until now, becomes > mandatory. Valid remote file names are now > > /method:host:/path/to/file > /method:user@host:/path/to/file > > A new method, "-", has been added which is a marker for the default > method as known so far. > > The reason is, that all the time there have been problems in Tramp due > to syntactic ambiguities. A remote file name "/foo:" has not been > distinct; "foo" could be either a method or a host name. This has > resulted in permanent problems during file name completion. > > The changes will be visible with the next releases of Tramp 2.3.2 and > Emacs 26.1. > > Best regards, Michael. -- Nick