GNU bug report logs - #70792
30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection

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Message #35 received at 70792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>, 70792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70792: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding
 absolute file names within the current remote connection
Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 10:12:52 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi,

> If Eshel knew that I consider myself on the remote, it could have
> modified the logic accordingly, to DTRT.  Without such an explicit
> knowledge, we are _guessing_, and our guesses are bound to be wrong
> sometimes.
>
> Bottom line: instead of trying to improve our guesswork, I suggest to
> explore the possibility of adding new command(s) that will tell Eshell
> exactly what the user means wrt local/remote operation.

Perhaps we start with a first step to make it visible, what a file name
is intended to be. We could use different faces for local and remote
file names in a command line of Eshell which hasn't been sent yet, as
Eshell would treat them.

Best regards, Michael.

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