Re: Remote asynchronous processes

[Michael Albinus]

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Philipp,

> - I'd change start-file-process in lockstep with make-process. Since
> start-process is nowadays just a wrapper around make-process, it would
> be somewhat confusing if start-file-process behaved significantly
> differently.

Finally, Tramp's `start-file-process' is also just a wrapper around
`make-process', see `tramp-handle-start-file-process'.

> - I'd probably leave out the ControlMaster options entirely and rely
> on a working SSH config with a control master already started. That
> way the control master can be reused across arbitrary processes on the
> client machine, not just Emacs.

You can set `tramp-use-ssh-controlmaster-options' to nil for that
effect. Will mention it in the Tramp manual.

Best regards, Michael.