Subject: bug#20821: 24.5; ido-mode autocompletion failure aborts find-file when attempting to use tramp

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 13:03:00 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> ido-file-name-all-completions-1: Opening directory: no such file or
>> directory, c:/plinkx:db48x@
>
> What is 'plinkx'?  The program's name is plink, AFAIK.

"plinkx" is a special Tramp method, which uses PuTTY session names
instead of host names. See (info "(tramp) Inline methods")

Best regards, Michael.