Re: Integrate Tramp

[Kim F. Storm]

"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:

> > 
> > Actually, the full tramp format seems to be
> > 
> >         /[method/address@hidden/path/to/file
> 
> It's more than complex that because of the `multi' method which allows
> you to access files via a sequence of "access methods" (e.g. ssh to host1
> then ssh to host2 then su).
> 
> > I think using / to separate the method is a really bad idea, as it
> > makes it non-trivial to parse or split a filename.
> 
> file-name-directory and others are your friends.

I'm probably biased, but with ido, I read file names one
character at a time, and consider a / to be a separator
between path components.  With tramp, that assumption
is no longer true.  Of course, I can program around
it, but I still think / is a bad choice.  What's wrong
with a : ?

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