Would the below be correct, or are these options mutually exclusive in some way? This commentary is intended for a docstring, not the manual, but the footnotes for which will be similar and with xrefs: Before creating ad-hoc multi-hop remote connections, customize either or both: `tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies' to non-nil to persist proxy routes. `tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies' to non-nil to ensure connections are fully qualified. On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM Michael Albinus wrote: > Ship Mints writes: > > Hi, > > > Okay, so no objections to clarifying that users need to ensure they > > bind tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies to non-nil in advance of any multi-hop > > connections? I can mention both, as succinctly as I can in the > > footnote and docstring, and refer readers to the Tramp manual entries > > in the shell bookmark manual? > > If I were you, I would mention both variants: using > tramp-show-ad-hoc-proxies and tramp-save-ad-hoc-proxies. References to > the Tramp manual shall be OK, because it is bundled with Emacs. > > Best regards, Michael. >