Subject: Re: bug#70792: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 21:49:56 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Jim Porter <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
> Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 20:17:27 +0200
> 
> FTR, we *have* already two different kinds of quoting. "/:<something>"
> makes <something> local, whatever syntax it has (for example, Tramp file
> name syntax).
> 
> "/method:user@host:/:<something>" makes <something> "local" on
> "/method:user@host:" whatever syntax it has.

There's a fine nuance here: "/:" does NOT make a file name locale, it
prevents interpreting it as remote due to the "/something:" construct
in it.  "/:" does NOT change the semantics of "/foo/bar/baz", it only
changes the semantics of "/method:user@host:/foo/bar".