Re: trunk r114834: Tweak Tramp method definition syntax to allow overriding check for localhost-only methods

[Daniel Colascione]

Hi Michael,

I missed your previous message --- sorry about that.

On 11/10/2013 12:36 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> > > > It's largely a copy of sshx with some pre-connection twiddling and
> > > > out-of-band host selection. I'd rather not actually reproduce it
> > > > here. If you object strongly to my change, I can back it out of
> > > > course; I'll have to figure out a way to insert a dummy %h.
> > >
> > > I do not object strongly, I just want to understand. You could send it
> > > to me off-list (with anonymous user and host names), that I understand
> > > it better. Then we might decide, which is the best way to fit your
> > > needs.
> >
> > Ping.
> >
> > I really would like to understand your change. Otherwise, I cannot keep
> > it in Tramp.
>
> I've reverted this change in Emacs trunk.

I've made my case for the change: it makes it easier to customize 
tramp-methods with a method that always connects to a specific host. If 
that's not sufficient, the revert is fine. I'll do something else locally.