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29.0.50; tramp doesn't work for zsh with trailing zle_bracketed_paste "2004h"

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50;
 tramp doesn't work for zsh with trailing zle_bracketed_paste "2004h"
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:08:18 +0100

When using tramp to ssh into a remote with zsh, it never finishes, but
trapped in below `while': 

---------------------------------8<------------------------------------- 
(defun tramp-process-one-action (proc vec actions)
  "Wait for output from the shell and perform one action.
See `tramp-process-actions' for the format of ACTIONS."
  (let ((case-fold-search t)
	tramp-process-action-regexp
	found todo item pattern action)
    (while (not found)
---------------------------------8<------------------------------------- 

After some debugging, it turns out that zsh is adding some special
zle_bracketed_paste at the end of the prompt: "~ % [?2004h", which
makes the regexp matching fail. I have to make below change to fix it.

Later I found various issues of zsh are actually already discussed on
emacswiki: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode#toc8 Alternative
solution discussed there is to change .zshrc file.

However, considering zsh has become the default shell in some OSes, like
macOS, would it be possible to resolve this at tramp? Using changes like
below? Or make regexp "\\'" be part of user configurable option, like
tramp-shell-prompt-pattern?


---------------------------------8<------------------------------------- 
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp.el b/lisp/net/tramp.el
index 932dfb3691..7225c9ed3a 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp.el
@@ -4932,7 +4932,7 @@ tramp-process-one-action
       (while todo
        (setq item (pop todo)
              tramp-process-action-regexp (symbol-value (nth 0 item))
-             pattern (format "\\(%s\\)\\'" tramp-process-action-regexp)
+             pattern (format "\\(%s\\)" tramp-process-action-regexp)
              action (nth 1 item))
        (tramp-message
         vec 5 "Looking for regexp \"%s\" from remote shell" pattern)
---------------------------------8<-------------------------------------


In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 3, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0)
 of 2022-02-23 built on 8e6ade8fe188
Repository revision: 304c373c98ffdba8f946072f15fd109c4cef533f
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12011000
System Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

-- 
William

Message #8 received at 54270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54270: 29.0.50; tramp doesn't work for zsh with trailing
 zle_bracketed_paste "2004h"
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 14:00:45 +0100

William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi William,

> After some debugging, it turns out that zsh is adding some special
> zle_bracketed_paste at the end of the prompt: "~ % [?2004h", which
> makes the regexp matching fail. I have to make below change to fix it.

Indeed. The Tramp manual discusses the issue, and recommends to set on
the remote ~/.zshrc:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
[[ $TERM == "dumb" ]] && unsetopt zle && PS1='$ ' && return
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> However, considering zsh has become the default shell in some OSes, like
> macOS, would it be possible to resolve this at tramp? Using changes like
> below? Or make regexp "\\'" be part of user configurable option, like
> tramp-shell-prompt-pattern?

I don't want to change this, due to possible damages for other
configurations. However, the Tramp manual recommends to tell Tramp, that
the remote shell is zsh, see (info "(tramp) Remote shell setup")
Tramp will behave correctly then.

Best regards, Michael.

Message #13 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54270: 29.0.50;
 tramp doesn't work for zsh with trailing zle_bracketed_paste "2004h"
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 19:41:53 +0100

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> I don't want to change this, due to possible damages for other
> configurations.

OK. So with default setup, "ssh + zsh" simply won't work out of box..

>                 However, the Tramp manual recommends to tell Tramp, that
> the remote shell is zsh, see (info "(tramp) Remote shell setup")
> Tramp will behave correctly then.

Following the info, the issue can be indeed also fixed by using
sshx. (though I have to install sshx first)

Thanks. 

-- 
William

Message #16 received at 54270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54270: 29.0.50; tramp doesn't work for zsh with trailing
 zle_bracketed_paste "2004h"
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 20:11:20 +0100

William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi William,

>>                 However, the Tramp manual recommends to tell Tramp, that
>> the remote shell is zsh, see (info "(tramp) Remote shell setup")
>> Tramp will behave correctly then.
>
> Following the info, the issue can be indeed also fixed by using
> sshx. (though I have to install sshx first)

You don't need to install "sshx". It is just the name of a Tramp method,
which still uses ssh internally.

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.

Message #19 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: William Xu <william.xwl <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54270: 29.0.50;
 tramp doesn't work for zsh with trailing zle_bracketed_paste "2004h"
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2022 21:13:44 +0100

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> You don't need to install "sshx". It is just the name of a Tramp method,
> which still uses ssh internally.

Ah, you are right... :) Now I can remove the sshx command line installed
via python pip.

-- 
William

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