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28.0.50; new completion inconvenience

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 45402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#45402: 28.0.50; new completion inconvenience
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 21:31:07 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

Hi Lars,

>> As Richard explained in <E1ksevx-0003Un-Sf <at> fencepost.gnu.org>, some
>> GNU/Linux distros mount external media under /media/$USER, so typing
>> /med TAB greys out the initial ~/ and used to complete to /media/$USER
>> (if $USER is the only folder under /media).  Now users need to type an
>> additional slash to disambiguate from "/media:".
>
> Yup; I've also got a /media/ directory, and I see the same thing.
> /media/ is a common directory on many systems -- would it make sense to
> rename the Tramp method to something other than media:?

Yes, as I said already to Richard. I just miss a better name. Any
proposals?

(Internally, the GVFS methods mtp and gphoto2 are used. Although I have
sympathy for the name mtp, it would be wrong wrt gphoto2.)

Best regards, Michael.

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