Re: Emacs unconditionally loads tramp.el

[David Kastrup]

Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
>> Maybe that was the wrong question. Tramp will be known better when it
>> is shipped with Emacs 22. So you should ask around who's using
>> ange-ftp, _this_ are potential Tramp users.
>
> In my experience tramp is _much_ slower than even ange-ftp (in all
> ways, but especially establishing connections).  I think this
> severely limits its utility for general use, and potential audience.

The thing I find annoying is how slow it is for establishing a local
connection, like with /su::/etc/fstab.  Should be instantaneously,
really.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum