GNU bug report logs - #23006
25.0.92; Loading Tramp breaks pcomplete in eshell-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 02:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.92

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 23006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#23006: 25.0.92; Loading Tramp breaks pcomplete in eshell-mode
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:41:17 -0400

> non-essential is essential for Tramp only until the completion of method
> and host is finished. As soon as the filename contains two colons, or a
> slash, it completes. No problem with your example, therefore. You'll get 
> "/ssh:myhost:src/emacs/" after hitting TAB, even if non-essential is
> bound to t.

If the connection was not yet established, I think it'd be risky for
Tramp to provide the completion when non-essential is non-nil, because
establishing a connection risks being too intrusive for a non-essential
operation (it's probably OK to reuse an existing connection, OTOH).


        Stefan
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