Re: ad-hoc multi-hop editing of remote files

[Chris Withers]

Hi Michael,

On 17/11/2011 15:21, Michael Albinus wrote:
> I have committed a patch to the Tramp repository which should offer
> ad-hoc proxy definition. It looks similar like the old multi-method,
> but with a slightly changed syntax. And the proxy isn't part of the
> remote filename for the buffer and default-directory etc.
>
> The syntax looks like "/ssh:address@hidden|sudo:address@hidden:/some/file".

Cool :-)

What's the recommended way of installing tramp from the cutting edge source?

> Note, that this patch breaks filename completion in the minibuffer for
> the time being. I'll fix it next days, and I'll extend the also
> documentation.

Even better :-)

cheers,

Chris

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