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30.1; php-ts-mode-php-executable default path may not match remote path

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Morgan Willcock <morgan <at> ice9.digital>
Cc: v.pupillo <at> gmail.com, 76955 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76955: 30.1; php-ts-mode-php-executable default path may not match remote path
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:18:25 +0200

> From: Morgan Willcock <morgan <at> ice9.digital>
> Cc: v.pupillo <at> gmail.com,  76955 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 13:07:54 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Morgan Willcock <morgan <at> ice9.digital>
> >> Cc: Vincenzo Pupillo <v.pupillo <at> gmail.com>,  76955 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:03:40 +0000
> >>
> >> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> >>
> >> > So I conclude that expecting "php" to be on PATH on remote systems is
> >> > a requirement, since nothing else will work reliably enough, and let's
> >> > close this discussion at that.
> >>
> >> I am not sure what you mean by "reliably", but being on PATH is not a
> >> requirement to use it.  It will very likely be on PATH, but with some
> >> additional configuration of the TRAMP connection it doesn't need to be.
> >
> > I mean that we should use executable-find for remote directories,
> > thus assuming that the program is on PATH on remote systems, and let
> > users customize the local value via the user option.
> 
> I think this introduces an additional complication if executable-find
> finds a binary which is not the one that should be used.
> 
> > IOW, the user option should not have effect on remote invocations.
> 
> >From my perspective as a user of mode, just setting the value to "php"
> introduces no additional complexity, works in more places by default
> than the current value, and doesn't deviate from how other modes (and
> associated executable paths) are managed.

My suggestion will still work in your case, no?

The advantage is that it will also work in other cases, when the user
option is customized to name a local version of the php executable.

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