GNU bug report logs - #65356
30.0.50; [wishlist] Support Tramp method, user name and host name completion in eshell

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65356 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#65356: 30.0.50; [wishlist] Support Tramp method, user name
 and host name completion in eshell
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:53:09 +0200

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Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi Jim,

> This works for me, and I think it makes sense overall. It might be
> nice to add the ability to ignore remote file names in Eshell when
> completing an argument to an external command (which doesn't
> understand Tramp syntax), but that would probably require a bunch of
> work on the Eshell side, and we can worry about that later, I think.

As POC, I've written the appended patch. It works for me in a simple
case, but I'm pretty sure it needs to handle more cases. Since I'm not
so familiar with Eshell, I let it to you :-)

... unless you say it is sufficient ATM.

Best regards, Michael.

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