Re: How do I debug this?

[Mark Geary]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Michael Albinus wrote:

> Mark Geary <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >    (add-to-list 'tramp-connection-properties
> >                 (list (regexp-quote "\(scp\|ssh\):sfmg1[0-4]:")
> >                       "remote-shell" "/usr/bin/bash"))
> >
> > doesn't work.
>
> (regexp-quote "\(scp\|ssh\):sfmg1[0-4]:") => "(scp|ssh):sfmg1\\[0-4]:"
>
> This is not what you want. You want
>
>   (add-to-list 'tramp-connection-properties
>                 (list "\\(scp\\|ssh\\):sfmg1[0-4]:"
>                       "remote-shell" "/usr/bin/bash"))

Ah, I understand. I guessed at the function of regexp-quote and
guessed wrong. Thanks.

Mark Geary

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