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Possible bug in Tramp or in completions

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, 50387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50387: Possible bug in Tramp or in completions
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 22:49:47 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

Hi Stefan,

> Tramp can only affect the file name completion table, so all it gets to
> see is a request for the set of prefix-completions of "/".
> Maybe Tramp could include "/adb:" and friends in there, but Michael
> probably has good reasons for not doing so.

For a completion of "/" Tramp tries to be silent, in order not to
surprise the many users which don't use Tramp with candidates like
"/adb:". They wouldn't know what's that.

The compromise is to show them only the default method "/scp:" (and
"/scpx:" due to completion), in order to give them an idea that there's
more in Emacs but the local file system.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.

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