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30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 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: Wed, 8 May 2024 11:57:19 -0700

On 5/8/2024 11:32 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> (As a note, Eshell already uses /:-quoting to mean "on the local host"
>> in one spot: for the command to run. However, I added that for Emacs 30,
>> so we can still change it without worrying about compatibility issues.
>> See the manual here for more info:
>> <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/doc/misc/eshell.texi#n1534>.)
> 
> I think we should remove that before we release Emacs 30.  It's wrong
> to interpret quoting this way.

Ok, whatever we decide for this bug, I'll apply the same syntax over 
there too.

>>> If the user wants to specify a local file name while default-directory
>>> is remote, the user can use the normal Tramp "/METHOD:..." notation.
>>
>> How about a new "local" method? Then users would type
>> "/local::~/some-file.txt". That's more typing, but it's also more clear,
>> and doesn't repurpose an existing syntax used elsewhere in Emacs.
> 
> Don't we already have that with "/localhost:" or somesuch?

I don't see one like that. It shouldn't be too difficult to add though 
(so long as Michael is ok with it).

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