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[PATCH] Fix pdb tracking for remote filenames
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Message #89 received at 79036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: Liu Hui <liuhui1610 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 23:19:49 +0800
> Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, kobarity <at> gmail.com, 79036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> > > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, kobarity <at> gmail.com, 79036 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:13:00 +0200
> > >
> > > Liu Hui <liuhui1610 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > For example, below is the pdb output in a remote python shell, and the
> > > > file-name "/tmp/test.py" is local. Because of the "from ... import
> > > > ...", we can know the file is on the remote system.
> > > >
> > > > >>> from test import f; f()
> > > > > /tmp/test.py(3)f()
> > > > -> return 1
> > > > (Pdb)
> > > >
> > > > However, with the following pdb output in a remote python shell
> > > >
> > > > >>> f()
> > > > > /tmp/test.py(3)f()
> > > > -> return 1
> > > > (Pdb)
> > > >
> > > > The local filename "/tmp/test.py" may be on the remote system like the
> > > > above case, or may be on the local host if we press C-c C-c to send
> > > > its code to the remote process.
> > > >
> > > > Which file should python shell track? The simplest solution is to
> > > > check which file exists.
> > >
> > > No. The mature check is whether default-directory is remote. Everything
> > > else is voodoo. Can work, but no guarantee.
> >
> > Right.
>
> I agree Emacs should first find the file on the remote system when the
> python shell is remote. But if the file doesn't exist, I think it is
> reasonable to try finding local file (supposed behavior currently in
> python-pdbtrack-set-tracked-buffer but there is a bug) instead of
> opening an empty remote file (actual behavior) or doing nothing. I
> would like to add an option if you think Emacs should just find the
> remote file.
If we decide that the file is local, the value of default-directory
should reflect that. Then all our infrastructure for handling files
will seamlessly work correctly.
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